Strong vortex pinning in Co-doped BaFe2 As2 single crystal thin films

C. Tarantini; S. Lee; Y. Zhang; J. Jiang; C. W. Bark; J. D. Weiss; A. Polyanskii; C. T. Nelson; H. W. Jang; C. M. Folkman; S. H. Baek; X. Q. Pan; A. Gurevich; E. E. Hellstrom; C. B. Eom; D. C. Larbalestier

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Strong vortex pinning in Co-doped BaFe₂ As₂ single crystal thin films

C. Tarantini, S. Lee, Y. Zhang, J. Jiang, C. W. Bark, J. D. Weiss, A. Polyanskii, C. T. Nelson, H. W. Jang, C. M. Folkman, S. H. Baek, X. Q. Pan, A. Gurevich, E. E. Hellstrom, C. B. Eom, D. C. Larbalestier

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Abstract

We report the field and angular dependences of J_c of truly epitaxial Co-doped BaFe₂ As₂ thin films grown on SrTiO₃ / (La,Sr) (Al,Ta) O₃ with different SrTiO ₃ template thicknesses. The films show J_c comparable to single crystals and a maximum pinning force F_p (0.6 T_c) >5 GN/ m³ at H/H_irr ∼0.5 indicative of strong high-field vortex pinning. Due to the strong correlated c-axis pinning, J _c for field along the c-axis exceeds J_c for H||a _b plane, inverting the expectation of the H_c2 anisotropy. High resolution transmission electron microscopy reveals that the strong vortex pinning is due to a high density of nanosize columnar defects.

Original language	English
Article number	142510
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	96
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3383237
State	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes

Funding

Work at NHMFL was supported under NSF Cooperative Agreement No. DMR-0084173, by the State of Florida, and by AFOSR Grant No. FA9550-06-1-0474. Work at the University of Wisconsin was supported by funding from the DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences under Award No. DE-FG02-06ER46327. TEM work at the University of Michigan was supported by the DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-07ER46416. TEM facility was supported by NSF.

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State of Florida
National Science Foundation	DMR-0084173
U.S. Department of Energy	DE-FG02-07ER46416
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences	0084173
Air Force Office of Scientific Research	FA9550-06-1-0474
Basic Energy Sciences	DE-FG02-06ER46327

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Tarantini, C., Lee, S., Zhang, Y., Jiang, J., Bark, C. W., Weiss, J. D., Polyanskii, A., Nelson, C. T., Jang, H. W., Folkman, C. M., Baek, S. H., Pan, X. Q., Gurevich, A., Hellstrom, E. E., Eom, C. B., & Larbalestier, D. C. (2010). Strong vortex pinning in Co-doped BaFe₂ As₂ single crystal thin films. Applied Physics Letters, 96(14), Article 142510. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3383237

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