Abstract
We employ a high-speed magneto-optical system to image the processes of creation and annealing of transient disordered vortex states and utilize these data to measure the lifetime, t, of these states as a function of induction B and temperature T. τ increases monotonically with B and diverges as B approaches the vortex order-disorder transition induction. An exponential increase of τ is obtained as temperature is lowered. The sameτ(B,T) curves are obtained, independent of the way the transient states were prepared.
Original language | American English |
---|---|
Pages (from-to) | 87-94 |
Journal | NATO Science Series, II |
Volume | 142 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2004 |