The evidence of the vortex glass phase has been obtained by analysing the nonlinear magnetic response of type-II superconductors. The method introduced here is based on a combined frequency dependence analysis of the real and imaginary part of the 1st and 3rd harmonics of the AC magnetic susceptibility. The analysis has been performed by taking into account both the components and the Cole-Cole plots (i.e. the imaginary part as a function of the real part). Numerical simulations have been used to identify the fingerprints of the magnetic behaviour in the vortex glass phase. These characteristics allowed the vortex glass phase to be distinguished from the other disordered phases, even those showing similar electrical properties. Finally, this method has been successfully applied to detecting the vortex glass phase in an YBCO bulk melt-textured sample.

A new method to detect the vortex glass phase and its evidence in YBCO

POLICHETTI, Massimiliano;PACE, Sandro
2008-01-01

Abstract

The evidence of the vortex glass phase has been obtained by analysing the nonlinear magnetic response of type-II superconductors. The method introduced here is based on a combined frequency dependence analysis of the real and imaginary part of the 1st and 3rd harmonics of the AC magnetic susceptibility. The analysis has been performed by taking into account both the components and the Cole-Cole plots (i.e. the imaginary part as a function of the real part). Numerical simulations have been used to identify the fingerprints of the magnetic behaviour in the vortex glass phase. These characteristics allowed the vortex glass phase to be distinguished from the other disordered phases, even those showing similar electrical properties. Finally, this method has been successfully applied to detecting the vortex glass phase in an YBCO bulk melt-textured sample.
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