Metastability and switching in the vortex state of 2H-NbSe2

Authors
Banerjee, SS Patil, NG Ramakrishnan, S Grover, AK Bhattacharya, S Ravikumar, G Mishra, PK Rao, TVC Sahni, VC Higgins, MJ
Citation
Ss. Banerjee et al., Metastability and switching in the vortex state of 2H-NbSe2, APPL PHYS L, 74(1), 1999, pp. 126-128
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00036951 → ACNP
Volume
74
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
126 - 128
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(19990104)74:1<126:MASITV>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
History-dependent metastable states with different bulk properties are form ed in the vortex state of the type-II superconductor 2H-NbSe2. Magnetic mea surements demonstrate the difference between the shielding responses of a f ield-and a zero-field-cooled state, and provide a procedure for switching t he system from one state to the other. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physi cs. [S0003-6951(98)05051-7].