Pg. Kealey et al., Transverse-field components of the flux-line lattice in the anisotropic superconductor YBa2Cu3O7-delta - art. no. 174501, PHYS REV B, 6417(17), 2001, pp. 4501
We report on detailed small-angle neutron scattering measurements with pola
rization analysis from the flux-line lattice in the anisotropic superconduc
tor YBa2Cu3O7-delta. When the field was applied at an angle to the principa
l axes we have observed spin-flip neutron diffraction consistent with local
transverse field components. From a detailed study of the angle dependence
of the magnitude of the spin-flip neutron-scattered intensity we have foun
d that the trans verse-field components are larger than predicted by an ani
sotropic London model for reasonable mass anisotropy values. The transverse
-field components are consistent with a reduced c-axis coherence length at
low temperature.