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Anomalous magnetization and dimensional crossover of the vortex system in the organic superconductor κ-(BEDT−TTF)2Cu(NCS)2

Terukazu Nishizaki, Takahiko Sasaki, Tetsuo Fukase, Norio Kobayashi

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.54.R3760 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

Magnetization measurements on high-quality single crystals of κ-(BEDT−TTF)2Cu(NCS)2 [where BEDT-TTF denotes bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene] are performed in the magnetic field perpendicular to the conducting layers. An anomalous second peak on magnetization curves observed at Hp (≈ 150 Oe) is attributed to the dimensional crossover in the vortex system. At the dimensional crossover field B2D=φ0(γ2s2), the temperature dependence of the irreversibility field changes from the power-law dependence in the three-dimensional (3D) regime below B2D to the exponential dependence with 1T in the quasi-2D regime above B2D. It is also found that the different magnetic field dependence of the critical current density above and below B2D is well described by the collective pinning theory.

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κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2

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κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2

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Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8

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Tl2Ba2CuO6

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YBa2Cu3Oy

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La2-xSrxCuO4

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