Publication: Crossover from a three-dimensional to purely two-dimensional vortex-glass transition in deoxygenated YBa_(2)Cu_(3)O_(7-δ) thin films
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1999-12-01
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Current-voltage (I-V) characteristics were used to investigate the response of the vortex-glass (VG) phase transition in high-quality epitaxial YBa_(2)Cu_(3)O_(7-δ) films in magnetic fields up to 7 T. We show that varying the oxygen content, the scaling analysis reveals a crossover from three-dimensional (3D) to a pure 2D VG transition with T_(g) = 0. At small oxygen deficiencies (7-δ = 6.75), the ρ-j curves scale according to the 3D VG model, which cannot be distinguished from a Bose-glass model from a scaling analysis with the magnetic field applied parallel to the c axis. At a lower oxygen content (7-δ = 6.48), the VG phase transition behaves analogous to the highly anisotropic Bi_(2)Sr_(2)CaCu_(2)O_(8) samples, showing a quasi-2D VG transition. For further deoxygenated samples (7-δ = 6.4), the result is consistent with a pure 2D vortex-glass model similar to that observed in the even more anisotropic Tl_(2)Ba_(2)CaCu_(2)O_(8) thin films. The estimated value of the anisotropy in high-quality oxygen-depleted samples is comparable to that of the highly anisotropic superconductors.
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© 1999 The American Physical Society. Z.S. gratefully acknowledges financial support from Agencia Española de Cooperación International (AECI). G.D.L. thanks the sabbaticals SA 106/95 SAB1995-0685 to Universidad Complutense and Ministerio de Educación y Cultura. Financial support from CICYT Grant No. MAT94- 0604 is also acknowledged. We thank Professor J. L. Vicent for helpful discussions.
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