Direct observation of dissipative flux motion and pinning by twin boundaries in YBa_{2}Cu_{3}O_{7-δ} single crystals

19 February 1990

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 64 (8) , 966-969
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.64.966

Abstract

We present the first direct observation of Lorentz-force-induced dissipative flux motion and the effect of twin boundaries as pinning centers in a single crystal of

{YBa}_{2}

{Cu}_{3}

O_{7 - δ}

with twin planes oriented in a single direction.

Keywords

SINGLE CRYSTAL

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