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Electric field effects on vortex dynamics in ultrathin YBa2Cu3O7-δ films

  • A. Walkenhorst
  • , C. Doughty
  • , X. X. Xi
  • , Qi Li
  • , C. J. Lobb
  • , S. N. Mao
  • , T. Venkatesan

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Abstract

The effects of charge-carrier density modulation on critical currents and vortex dynamics in ultrathin YBa2Cu3O7-δ films were investigated through transport measurements in field-effect devices. Two distinct dissipation regions in resistive transitions in applied magnetic fields are identified by the electric-field effect. A Kosterlitz-Thouless-like transition is observed in zero magnetic field, which can be tuned by the electric field. The importance of thermal fluctuations for the dissipation in high-Tc superconductors is stressed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2709-2712
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume69
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 1992

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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