Wednesday, December 5, 2012

1212.0620 (Pabitra Mandal et al.)

Anomalous local magnetic field distribution and strong pinning in
CaFe1.94Co0.06As2 single crystals
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Pabitra Mandal, Gorky Shaw, S. S. Banerjee, Neeraj Kumar, S. K. Dhar, A. Thamizhavel
Magneto-optical imaging of a single crystal of CaFe1.94Co0.06As2, shows anomalous remnant magnetization within Meissner like regions of the superconductor. The unconventional shape of the local magnetization hysteresis loop suggests admixture of superconducting and magnetic fractions governing the response. Near the superconducting transition temperature, local magnetic field exceeds the applied field resulting in a diamagnetic to positive magnetization transformation. The observed anomalies in the local magnetic field distribution are accompanied with enhanced bulk pinning in the CaFe1.94Co0.06As2 single crystals. We propose our results suggest a coexistence of superconductivity and magnetic correlations.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.0620

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