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Physical Review B 80 (2009) 224526
Transport properties of vortex matter governed by the edge inductance in superconducting Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 crystals
Haim Beidenkopf ( ), Yuri Myasoedov 1, Eli Zeldov 1, Ernst Helmut Brandt 2, Grigorii P Mikitik 3, Tsuyoshi Tamegai 4, Takao Sasagawa 5, Cornelis Jacominus Van Der Beek 6
(2009-12-31)

We study the distribution of transport current across superconducting Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 crystals and the vortex flow through the sample edges. We show that the Tx transition is of electrodynamic rather than thermodynamic nature, below which vortex dynamics is governed by the edge inductance instead of the resistance. This allows measurement of the resistance down to 2 orders of magnitude below the transport noise. By irradiating the current contacts the resistive step at vortex melting is shown to be due to loss of c-axis correlations rather than breakdown of quasilong-range order within the a-b planes.
1:  The Weizmann Institute of Science
Etat d'Israel
2:  Max Plank Institut für Metallforschung (MPI-MF)
Max-Planck-Institut
3:  B.Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering (ILTPE)
Ukrainian Academy of Sciences
4:  Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo
Université de Tokyo
5:  Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT)
Tokyo Institute of Technology
6:  Laboratoire des Solides Irradiés (LSI)
CNRS : UMR7642 – Polytechnique - X – CEA : DSM/IRAMIS
Physics/Condensed Matter/Superconductivity
bismuth compounds – calcium compounds – electrical resistivity – flux pinning – high-temperature superconductors – long-range order – melting – strontium compounds – superconducting transitions – vortices