Vibrating reed study of the flux line dynamics of κ-(ET)2Cu[N(CN)2]Br |
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Authors: | Ulrike G. Lehmann Lance E. De Long Hau H. Wang K. Douglas Carlson Jack M. Williams |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kentucky, 40506-0055, Lexington, Kentucky 2. Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 60439, Argonne, Illinois
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Abstract: | Vibrating reed measurements were performed on single-crystal samples ofκ-(ET)2- Cu[N(CN)2]Br in an applied magnetic fieldH oriented either parallel (“longitudinal”) or perpendicular (“transverse”) to the highly conducting ac-plane. Field-cooling data taken for the longitudinal orientation andH<0.7 T revealed a peak with a low-temperature shoulder in the reed dissipation 1/Q located at temperatureT Q below the superconducting transition temperatureT c (≈11.6 forH=0). The shoulder disappeared nearH≈0.7 T, accompanied by an abrupt change in the slope ofT Q (H), corresponding to a similar change in the slope of the upper critical magnetic fieldH c2 measured by Kwoket al. The existence of the shoulder in the dissipation peak bears on a number of current explanations for the exotic superconducting properties ofκ-(ET)2Cu[N(CN)2]Br.T Q data taken for the transverse orientation fell far below estimates ofH c2., indicating the existence of a substantial region of flux line (FL) mobility belowH c2(T). The location of a peak in NMR relaxation observed by De Sotoet al. lies close toT Q for the transverse orientation. |
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