Enhancement of c-axis vortex correlation by twin boundaries and columnar defects in YBa2Cu3O7-δ,

E. F. RIGHI, S. A. GRIGERA, D. LÓPEZ, G. NIEVA, F. DE LA CRUZ, L. CIVALE, G. PASQUINI, AND P. LEVY

PHYSICAL REVIEW B

AMER PHYSICAL SOC

Lugar: New York; Año: 1997 vol. 55 p. 5663 - 5669

1098-0121

We report on transport measurements using the flux transformer configuration in a twinned single crystal of YBa2Cu3O72d with columnar defects. The vortex liquid shows velocity correlation along the c axis ~the direction of the applied magnetic field and the columnar defects! at temperatures that correspond to an uncorrelated liquid in unirradiated samples of the same thickness. These results and previous work about the effect of twin boundaries on vortex velocity correlation show that phase coherence in the field direction is not anintrinsic property of vortex liquids but one induced by extended defects. @S0163-1829~97!04209-4#