Ab. Kolton et al., Driven vortices in three-dimensional layered superconductors: Dynamical ordering along the c axis, PHYS REV B, 62(22), 2000, pp. R14657-R14660
We study a three-dimensional model of driven vortices in weakly coupled lay
ered superconductors with strong pinning. Above the critical force F-c, we
find a plastic Row regime in which pancakes in different layers are uncoupl
ed, corresponding to a pancake sas. At a higher F, there is a "smectic flow
" regime with short-range interlayer order, corresponding to an entangled l
ine liquid. Later, the transverse displacements freeze and vortices become
correlated along the c axis, resulting in a tranverse solid. Finally, at a
force F-s the longitudinal displacements freeze and we End a coherent solid
of rigid lines.