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"Fragile superconductivity": a kinetic glass transition in the vortex matter of the high-temperature superconductor YBa2Cu3O7-d
Rolf Lortz, Christoph Meingast, Alexandre I. Rykov +1
Of the many different kinds of glassy states found in nature, spin glasses and structural glasses (e.g. normal window glass) have probably received the most attention. One of the c…
Optical and thermodynamic properties of the high-temperature superconductor HgBa_2CuO_4+delta
E. van Heumen, R. Lortz, A. B. Kuzmenko +9
In- and out-of-plane optical spectra and specific heat measurements for the single layer cuprate superconductor Hg-1201 at optimal doping (Tc = 97 K) are presented. Both the in-pla…
Thermodynamic origin of the peak effect in the superconductor Nb3Sn
R. Lortz, N. Musolino, Y. Wang +2
We report a pronounced peak effect in the magnetization and the magnetocaloric coefficient in a single crystal of the superconductor Nb3Sn. As the origin of the magnetization peak…
Thermal fluctuations and vortex melting in the classical superconductor Nb3Sn from high-resolution specific-heat measurements
R. Lortz, F. Lin, N. Musolino +4
The range of critical thermal fluctuations in classical bulk superconductors is extremely small and especially in low fields hardly experimentally inaccessible. With a new type of…