FLUX-LATTICE MELTING IN ARTIFICIALLY LAYERED SUPERCONDUCTORS

Authors
HWANG IJ SASIK R STROUD D
Citation
Ij. Hwang et al., FLUX-LATTICE MELTING IN ARTIFICIALLY LAYERED SUPERCONDUCTORS, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, 54(17), 1996, pp. 12010-12013
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Physical review. B, Condensed matter → ACNP
ISSN journal
01631829
Volume
54
Issue
17
Year of publication
1996
Pages
12010 - 12013
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-1829(1996)54:17<12010:FMIALS>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We apply a previously described lowest-landau-level formalism to treat flux-lattice melting in artificially layered superconductors, using M onte Carlo methods. For a pin-free layered system, the model predicts a single phase transition with simultaneous ordering both within one l ayer and between layers. The melting curve calculated using this model agrees reasonably well with experiments of Koorevaar et al. on NbGe/G e multilayers.