High-resolution scanning hall probe microscopy
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Conference Paper
© 1993 SPIE. All rights reserved. A high resolution scanning Hall probe microscope is used to spatially resolve vortices in high temperature superconducting Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ crystals. We observe a partially ordered vortex lattice at several different applied magnetic fields and temperatures. At higher temperatures, a limited amount of vortex re-arrangement is observed, but most vortices remain fixed for periods long compared to the imaging time of several hours even at temperatures as high as 75°K (the superconducting transition temperature for these crystals is ∼84°K). A measure of the local magnetic penetration depth can be obtained from a fit to the surface field of several neighboring vortices, and has been measured as a function of temperature. In particular, we have measured the zero temperature penetration depth and found it to be 275 ± 40 nm.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Hallen, HD; Hess, HF; Chang, AM; Pfeiffer, LN; West, KW; Mitzi, DB
Published Date
- June 4, 1993
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 1855 /
Start / End Page
- 152 - 157
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1996-756X
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0277-786X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1117/12.146371
Citation Source
- Scopus