Effects of Magnetic Order on the Superconducting Length Scales and Critical Fields in Single Crystal ErNi2B2C

P. L. Gammel, B. P. Barber, A. P. Ramirez, C. M. Varma, D. J. Bishop, P. C. Canfield, V. G. Kogan, M. R. Eskildsen, N. H. Andersen, K. Mortensen, and K. Harada
Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 1756 – Published 22 February 1999
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Abstract

The flux line form factor in small angle neutron scattering and transport data determines the superconducting length scales and critical fields in single crystal ErNi2B2C. For Hc, the coherence length ξ increases and the penetration depth λ decreases when crossing TN=6.0K, the Néel transition. The critical fields show corresponding anomalies near TN. For Hc, the fourfold modulation of the upper critical field Hc2 is strongly temperature dependent, changing sign near TN, and can be modeled using the anisotropy of the sublattice magnetization.

  • Received 12 June 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.1756

©1999 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

P. L. Gammel, B. P. Barber, A. P. Ramirez, C. M. Varma, and D. J. Bishop

  • Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, 700 Mountain Ave., Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974

P. C. Canfield and V. G. Kogan

  • Ames Laboratory and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011

M. R. Eskildsen, N. H. Andersen, and K. Mortensen

  • Risø National Laboratory, P.O. Box 49, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark

K. Harada

  • Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd., Hatoyama, Saitama 350-03 Japan

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Vol. 82, Iss. 8 — 22 February 1999

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