Melting of vortex solid phase in irradiated Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+\delta }$ single crystals in tilted magnetic fields

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Abstract

The boundary between the vortex-solid and the vortex-liquid in $H_{c} - H_{ab}$ phase plane for irradiated Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+\delta }$single crystals is studied by measuring the local ac-magnetic permeability by using the miniature coils in tilted magnetic fields. It was found that the $c$-axis magnetic field component at the phase transition decreases linearly when increasing the in-plane magnetic field at high temperatures even in a wider angular range than in pristine samples. At lower temperatures, this linear decrease transforms to a concave (hyperbolic-like) curve that differs even stronger from the usual elliptical phase boundary derived from Ginzburg-Landau theory. A theoretical approach to this challenging problem is discussed.

Authors

  • Jovan Mirkovic

    • Inst of Materials Science, Univ of Tsukuba, 305-8573 Tsukuba, Japan, and Faculty of Sciences, Univ. of Montenegro, Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro
  • Sergey Savel`ev

    • Frontier Research System, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako-shi, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
  • Hirokazu Sato

  • Takashi Yamamoto

  • Itsuhiro Kakeya

    • Institute of Materials Science, University of Tsukuba, 305-8573 Tsukuba, Japan
  • Franco Nori

    • Frontier Research System, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako-shi, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
  • Kazuo Kadowaki

    • Institute of Materials Science, University of Tsukuba, 305-8573 Tsukuba, Japan