Supercooling of the high field vortex phase in single crystalline BSCCO
arXiv:cond-mat/9912280 · doi:10.1016/S0921-4534(00)00919-9
Abstract
Time resolved magneto-optical images show hysteresis associated with the transition at the so-called ``second magnetization peak'' at B_sp in single-crystalline Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_8+d. By rapid quenching of the high-field phase, it can be made to persist metastably in the sample down to fields that are nearly half B_sp.
2 pages, 2 figures Submitted to the conference proceedings of M2S-VI, February 200, Houston