High-sensitivity vibrating reed studies of superconductors

L. De Long; J. Childers; A. Olinger; Q. Chen; J. C. Hou; U. Lahaise; J. Zhang; D. G. Hinks; P. Canfield; R. Schweinfurth; D. Van Harlingen; M. Norton

doi:10.1016/0921-4526(96)00029-4

High-sensitivity vibrating reed studies of superconductors

L. De Long, J. Childers, A. Olinger, Q. Chen, J. C. Hou, U. Lahaise, J. Zhang, D. G. Hinks, P. Canfield, R. Schweinfurth, D. Van Harlingen, M. Norton

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Abstract

Recent improvements in the vibrating reed (VR) technique permit precision studies of the mixed state of complex superconducting materials far below the upper critical magnetic field H_c2. VR data for thin film, crystalline and ceramic (Ba_0.6K_0.4)BiO₃ samples demonstrate the sensitivity of the VR to microstructure and inhomogeneities, and a study of HoNi₂B₂C reveals previously inaccessible vortex dynamical anomalies and minute details of a complex phase competition between magnetism and reentrant superconductivity. CeRu₂ VR data are reversible near H_c2 where giant hysteresis is observed in DC magnetization data, but are hysteretic over an extended region at lower temperatures and fields, indicating vortex dynamics must be considered in testing the existence of unconventional pairing states proposed for this system.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	22-27
Number of pages	6
Journal	Physica B: Condensed Matter
Volume	223-224
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0921-4526(96)00029-4
State	Published - Jun 2 1996

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Funding Information:
Research at U. Kentucky was supported by US NSF Grant EHR-9108764, at U. Illinois by US NSF STC Grant DMR-9120000, at Ames Laboratory by DoE DER/OBS Contract W-7405-Eng-82, and at Argonne by US DoE BES Contract W-31-109-ENG-38. We thank Mr. N. Dilley, Dr. A. Huxley, Dr. J.W. Lynn, Prof. M.B. Maple, Dr. S.B. Roy, and Prof. S. Sridhar for useful discussions.

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