BARC/PUB/2004/0491

 
 

Commensurability of higher order between vortex and crystal lattice in RBa2Cu3O7 (R=Y, Nd)

 
     
 
Author(s)

Kupfer, H.; Ravikumar, G.; Zhukov, A. A.; and others
(TPPED)

Source

Physica-C, 2004. Vol. 404 (42826): pp. 215-219

ABSTRACT

Commensurate states, investigated by magnetization, are observed in very pure RBa2Cu3O7(R=Y, Nd) single crystals if the intervortex distance ac becomes equal to an integer number k of the crystal lattice constant (nac = kd). Incommensurate states at higher temperatures and fields develop, split up and become finally commensurate with k / 2or even with a smaller fraction k/n of the crystal lattice constant (nac = kd). These additional states of higher order (n > 1) are related to a superstructure of the vortex lattice with respect to the crystal lattice.

 
 
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