Detection of discretized single-shell penetration in mesoscopic vortex matter

We investigated configurational changes in mesoscopic vortex matter with less than thousand vortices during flux penetration in freestanding 50 μm diameter disks of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ. High-resolution AC and DC local magnetometry data reveal oscillations in the transmittivity echoed in peaks in the thi...

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Autores: Dolz, Moira Ines, Fasano, Yanina, Cejas Bolecek, Néstor René, Pastoriza, Hernan, Konczykowski, M., van der Beek, C. J.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/17679
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/17679
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:VORTEX-MATTER
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Sumario:We investigated configurational changes in mesoscopic vortex matter with less than thousand vortices during flux penetration in freestanding 50 μm diameter disks of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ. High-resolution AC and DC local magnetometry data reveal oscillations in the transmittivity echoed in peaks in the third-harmonics magnetic signal fainting on increasing vortex density. By means of extra experimental evidence and a simple geometrical analysis we show that these features fingerprint the discretized entrance of single-shells of vortices having a shape that mimics the sample edge.