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Direct Observation of the Washboard Noise of a Driven Vortex Lattice in a High-Temperature Superconductor, Bi2Sr2CaCu2Oy

Yoshihiko Togawa, Ryuichi Abiru, Katsuya Iwaya, Haruhisa Kitano, Atsutaka Maeda

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.3716 · Physical Review Letters

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Abstract

We studied the conduction noise spectrum in the vortex state of a high-temperature superconductor, Bi2Sr2CaCu2Oy, subject to a uniform driving force. Two characteristic features, a broad-band noise (BBN) and a narrow-band noise (NBN), were observed in the vortex-solid phase. The origin of the large BBN was determined to be plastic motion of the vortices, whereas the NBN was found to originate from the washboard modulation of the translational velocity of the driven vortices. We believe this to be the first observation of washboard noise of dc driven vortices in any superconductor.

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Bi2Sr2CaCu2Oy

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