Static and Dynamic Properties of Vortex Structures under the influence of Weak Periodic Pinning Potentials

F. DE LA CRUZ; M. MENGHINI; Y. FASANO

PHYSICA C - SUPERCONDUTIVITY

Año: 2000 vol. 341 p. 969 - 972

0921-4534

Through a systematic study of vortex structures, plus the analysis of their response to the presence of engineered superficial weak pinning, induced by the Bitter technique, we found evidence of suppression of the first order vortex melting transition at low fields in Bi2SrzCaCu2Os.