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Mass of Abrikosov vortex in high-temperature superconductor YBa[Formula: see text] Cu[Formula: see text] O[Formula: see text]

For more than four decades, mass of Abrikosov vortices defied experimental observations. We demonstrate a method of its detection in high-temperature superconductors. Similarly to electrons, fluxons circulate in the direction given by the magnetic field, causing circular dichroism. We report the mag...

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Autores principales: Tesař, Roman, Šindler, Michal, Kadlec, Christelle, Lipavský, Pavel, Skrbek, Ladislav, Koláček, Jan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8571276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34741065
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-00846-x
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Sumario:For more than four decades, mass of Abrikosov vortices defied experimental observations. We demonstrate a method of its detection in high-temperature superconductors. Similarly to electrons, fluxons circulate in the direction given by the magnetic field, causing circular dichroism. We report the magneto-transmittance of a nearly optimally doped thin YBa[Formula: see text] Cu[Formula: see text] O[Formula: see text] film, measured using circularly polarized submillimeter waves. The circular dichroism emerges in the superconducting state and increases with dropping temperature. Our results confirm the dominant role of quasiparticle states in the vortex core and yield the diagonal fluxon mass of [Formula: see text] electron masses per centimeter at 45 K and zero-frequency limit, and even larger off-diagonal mass of [Formula: see text] /cm.