Instabilities and disorder-driven first-order transition of the vortex lattice

Y. Paltiel*, E. Zeldov, Y. Myasoedov, M. L. Rappaport, G. Jung, S. Bhattacharya, M. J. Higgins, Z. L. Xiao, E. Y. Andrei, P. L. Gammel, D. J. Bishop

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Abstract

A study was carried out to determine how the metastable disordered phase (DP) modifies the apparent transport behavior. For this purpose, transport studies in a Corbino disk geometry were carried out. A comparison was also made with the regular strip configuration in the same crystals. It was observed that the two geometries yield a strikingly different response and, significantly, the instability effects are eliminated in the Corbino geometry. By preventing the edge contamination, the true bulk dynamics in the vicinity of the transition was probed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3712-3715
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume85
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 Oct 2000
Externally publishedYes

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