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"vortex pinning by surface irregularities and vortex dynamics in NbSe 2 and Bi-2212 what is the peak effect?". Ch. Simon laboratoire CRISMAT CNRS-ENSICAEN. Laboratoire CRISMAT A. Pautrat C. Goupil J. Scola Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris P. Mathieu. LEMA Tours A. Ruyter
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"vortex pinning by surface irregularities and vortex dynamics in NbSe2 and Bi-2212 what is the peak effect?" Ch. Simon laboratoire CRISMAT CNRS-ENSICAEN
Laboratoire CRISMAT A. Pautrat C. Goupil J. Scola Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris P. Mathieu LEMA Tours A. Ruyter Laboratoire Léon Brillouin A. Brûlet Tata Inst. Bombay S. Bhattacharya
V(mV) Ic I (A) Collective pinning bulk vs surface pinning (Pb-In) Larkin Ovchinikov 1979 Fp = (npfp 2/ 2 Vc)1/2 Vc a C662 C44 Surface treatments Ic (Amp)
q cr n Boundary conditions ic lvl (moe/B)1/2 ao P. Mathieu et Y. Simon, Europhys Lett 5, 1988 ~ 0-100 A/cm B Why surface pinning? Usually rough surface 1000 Å ic (A/m) = e . sin qcr MS length
T = 4.2 K 5.2 K 6.2 K Ic (mA) B (Gauss) k = 1 e / HC2 B / BC2 Magnitude of surface pinning Nb film Numerical solution of Ginzburg equations by Guilpin and Simon
q (deg) X (mm) Damaged Surface Ic (mA) T = 4.2 K Vierge B (Gauss) Quantitative?
V V Linear I I V I Voltage current curves « Flux flow » hysteretic « Flux Creep U(I) »
VL Voltmeter J Neutron scattering !
Classical case Nb-Ta singlecrystal
neutrons w B Ic/2 Ic/2 Ibulk=0 Ibulk=(I-Ic) Ic/2 Ic/2 How flows the current? curl B = m0J tan (Dw) = by / B = m0Jxe / B
0 A Rough surface Smooth surface 20 A w (deg) V=Rff (I-Ic) V (mV) V (mV) V(mV) Dw (deg) Dw (deg) I(A) I (Amp) I (Amp) What happens at high current?
V (mV) Dw (deg) Ic2 Ic2 Ic1 Ic1 < I < Ic2 Inhomogeneous critical current
FC I<Ic I>Ic 0A
B W/2 W/4 W/4 - b2 +b1 - b2 « Flux lines »
Conclusions • Surface pinning dominates in a lot of samples: • Pb-In, Pb-Ta, etc.., Nb • NbSe2 • Bi-2212 • The peak effect is surface pinning