Disordered type-II superconductors: a universal phase diagram for low-T-c systems

Citation
Ss. Banerjee et al., Disordered type-II superconductors: a universal phase diagram for low-T-c systems, PHYSICA C, 355(1-2), 2001, pp. 39-50
Citations number
66
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
PHYSICA C
ISSN journal
09214534 → ACNP
Volume
355
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
39 - 50
Database
ISI
SICI code
0921-4534(20010601)355:1-2<39:DTSAUP>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
A universal phase diagram for weakly pinned low-T-c type-II superconductors is revisited and extended with new proposals. The low-temperature "Bragg g lass" phase is argued to transform first into a disordered, glassy phase up on heating. This glassy phase, a continuation of the high-field equilibrium vortex glass phase, then melts at higher temperatures into a liquid. This proposal provides an explanation for the anomalies observed in the peak eff ect regime of 2H-NbSe2 and several other low-T-c materials which is indepen dent of the microscopic mechanisms of superconductivity in these systems. ( C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.