Abstract
We have measured the temperature dependence of magnetic relaxation and critical current in an YBaCuO single crystal. Unusually strong time-logarithmic magnetic relaxation is observed. The relaxation rate increases initially with temperature, peaks at ≅25 K and slows down at higher temperatures. The results, interpreted with a thermally activated flux model, yield a low-temperature pinning energy U0≅0.02 eV. This low pinning energy results in an unusually rapid decrease of the critical current as temperature is increased.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5797-5799 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Applied Physics |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1988 |
| Externally published | Yes |