Pancake vortex molecules in HgBa2Can-1CunOy (n > 6) superconductors

Ioan Crisan, A Iyo, Y Tanaka, H Matsuhata, DD Shivagan, PM Shirage, K Tokiwa, T Watanabe, Timothy Button, John Abell

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Abstract

HgBa2Can-1CunOy (Hg: 12(n -1)n) phases have the same T-c independent of n and the same vortex melting line for n >= 6. In these materials, there are two types of pancake pairs: those separated by the thick block of (n-2) inner CuO2 planes, which are weakly coupled by the magnetic interaction, and, respectively, those separated by the thin HgBa2Ox charge reservoir layer, which are much stronger coupled by the Josephson coupling. The vortex melting line common to all Hg:12(n-1)n phases (n >= 6), separates two new vortex phases, pancake-molecule-glass, and pancake-molecule-liquid. (c) 2008 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)714-717
Number of pages4
JournalPhysica C Superconductivity
Volume468
Issue number7-10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2008

Keywords

  • pancake vortex molecules
  • magnetic coupling
  • pancake vortices
  • Hg-based superconductors
  • melting lines
  • Josephson coupling

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