Abstract
We present local Hall probe measurements of the superconducting and magnetically ordered material ErNi2B2C (Tc≃ 10.5 K, TN≃6 K). The onset of incommensurate antiferromagnetic order at TN, within the superconducting state, results in an increase in vortex pinning for B∥c. For B⊥c no increase in pinning is observed at TN, consistent with the notion of vortex pinning by planar magnetic domain boundaries for B∥c. The development of a weak ferromagnetic component below Twf≃2.5 K results in a further increase in pinning for both orientations, suggesting that a different mechanism is responsible for this second increase at lower temperatures.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 092512 |
| Pages (from-to) | 925121-925124 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical Review B-Condensed Matter |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| State | Published - 1 Sep 2001 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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