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Dynamic Coupling-Decoupling Crossover in the Current-Driven Vortex State in Tl2Ba2CaCu2O8 Probed by the Josephson Plasma Resonance

V. K. Thorsmølle, R. D. Averitt, T. Shibauchi, M. F. Hundley, A. J. Taylor

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.237001 · Physical Review Letters

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Abstract

We have used terahertz spectroscopy to measure the Josephson plasma resonance in the superconductor Tl2Ba2CaCu2O8+δ. This allows us to probe the longitudinal ordering of pancake vortices as a function of applied ab-plane current in a 2.5 kG c-axis magnetic field. With increasing current in the low temperature vortex solid phase, we observe a decrease in the interlayer phase coherence consistent with a progressive misalignment of the pancake vortices in neighboring layers. In the high temperature vortex liquid phase, an increase in the longitudinal ordering occurs above a certain threshold current. Our results show evidence of a current-driven coupling-decoupling crossover in the pinned liquid phase.

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FormulaReported Tc (K)Pressure (GPa)Type
Tl2Ba2CaCu2O8+δ

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102.5Pressure not reportedunknown
YBa2Cu3O7-δ

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—Pressure not reportedunknown
Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ

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—Pressure not reportedunknown

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