Evidence from Mechanical Measurements for Flux-Lattice Melting in Single-Crystal YBa2Cu3O7 and Bi2.2Sr2Ca0.8Cu2O8

Authors

P. L. Gammel, LucentFollow
Lynn Schneemeyer, Montclair State UniversityFollow
Joseph V. Wasczak, University of Washington
David J. Bishop, Boston UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1988

Journal / Book Title

Physical Review Letters

Abstract

We have studied flux-lattice melting in single crystals of YBa2Cu3O7 and Bi2.2Sr2Ca0.8Cu2O8 using a high-Q mechanical oscillator. In YBa2Cu3O7 with an applied magnetic field Hc^, flux-lattice melting occurs at Hc2 as in a conventional three-dimensional superconductor. However, for Hc^ flux-lattice melting occurs 3.2 K below Hc2. We believe that this is evidence for a transition into a vortex-liquid state similar to that seen in two-dimensional superconducting films. For Bi2.2Sr2Ca0.8Cu2O8 the effect is even more pronounced; with a bulk superconducting transition of 75 K, the flux-lattice melting in this material occurs in both orientations near 30 K.

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevLett.61.1666

Montclair State University Digital Commons Citation

Gammel, P. L.; Schneemeyer, Lynn; Wasczak, Joseph V.; and Bishop, David J., "Evidence from Mechanical Measurements for Flux-Lattice Melting in Single-Crystal YBa2Cu3O7 and Bi2.2Sr2Ca0.8Cu2O8" (1988). Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 473.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/chem-biochem-facpubs/473