Evidence for weak collective pinning and delta l pinning in topological 
superconductor CuxBi2Se3

Li, M.; Fang, Y.; Sun, Z.; Zhang, J.; Lin, C. T.

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Evidence for weak collective pinning and delta l pinning in topological superconductor Cu_xBi₂Se₃

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Zhang, J.
Department Quantum Many-Body Theory (Walter Metzner), Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Max Planck Society;
Department Nanoscale Science (Klaus Kern), Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Max Planck Society;

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Lin, C. T.
Scientific Facility Crystal Growth (Masahiko Isobe), Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Max Planck Society;

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Li, M., Fang, Y., Sun, Z., Zhang, J., & Lin, C. T. (2018). Evidence for weak collective pinning and delta l pinning in topological superconductor Cu_xBi₂Se₃. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 30(31): 31LT01.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000E-DA86-5

Abstract

We investigated the vortex pinning behavior in the single crystal topological superconductor Cu0.10Bi2Se3 with a pronounced anisotropic peak effect. A weak collective pinning regime is clarified from the power-law behavior in J(c)(B) and the small critical current density ratio of J(c)/J(0) similar to 10(-5) (J(c) is the critical current density, J(0) is the depairing current density). The spatial variation of the charge-carrier mean free path induced pinning is evidenced and probably results from the well-defined atomic defects. Within the framework of collective pinning theory, we computed the values of the correlated length and volume at 1.8K, which start declining prior to the onset field of the peak effect B-p(onset), demonstrating the vortex lattices already suffered a preferential collapse ahead of the peak effect turns up. Thus, the peak effect can be understood by elastic moduli softening near the upper critical field B-c2. We suggest CuxBi2Se3 is a prototype topological material for investigating the vortex pinning dynamics associated with the peak effect phenomenon.