On the anomalous pinning properties gf the C15 lavas phase superconductor CeRu2

Citation
S. Chaudhary et al., On the anomalous pinning properties gf the C15 lavas phase superconductor CeRu2, SUPERCOND S, 12(5), 1999, pp. 308-314
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
SUPERCONDUCTOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
ISSN journal
09532048 → ACNP
Volume
12
Issue
5
Year of publication
1999
Pages
308 - 314
Database
ISI
SICI code
0953-2048(199905)12:5<308:OTAPPG>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We report the anomalous field (H) dependence of pinning force density F-p a s deduced from our magnetization measurements on the single-crystal and pol ycrystalline samples of CeRu2. It is shown that, contrary to a single maxim um in other hard type II superconductors, CeRu2 samples exhibit two distinc t peak features in their F-p-H plots. Our results show that the scaling of F-p With the applied magnetic field at different temperatures cannot be des cribed by the conventional Kramer model based on crossover from a line-brea king regime to a flux-line lattice shearing regime.