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Vortex Avalanches Induced by Single High-Frequency Pulses in MgB2 Films

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We report on avalanche-like flux features in the response of superconducting films of MgB2, prepared by magnetron sputtering and an ex-situ annealing process, when a single high-frequency pulse is used as a perturbative source. The instability is observed as an abrupt jump in the output voltage signal of the SQUID magnetometer where the sample is measured as a function of temperature, magnetic field, and pulse width, at fixed nominal power and frequency values. The interaction between the high-frequency surface currents and the relaxing vortex system is suggested to explain the nucleation of avalanches. Local heating due to the pulse application is also considered as a contributing mechanism.

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  1. Grup de Magnetisme, Departament de Física Fonamental, Facultat de Física, Universitat de Barcelona, c. Martí i Franquès 1 Planta 4, edifici nou, 08028, Barcelona, Spain

    P. de Jesús Cuadra-Solís, J. M. Hernández, A. García-Santiago & J. Tejada

  2. Institut de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia IN² UB, Universitat de Barcelona, c. Martí i Franquès 1, 08028, Barcelona, Spain

    P. de Jesús Cuadra-Solís, J. M. Hernández, A. García-Santiago & J. Tejada

  3. Department of Experimental Physics, Comenius University, Mlynská Dolina, 84248, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

    J. Noskovic, A. Pidik & M. Grajcar

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Cuadra-Solís, P.d.J., Hernández, J.M., García-Santiago, A. et al. Vortex Avalanches Induced by Single High-Frequency Pulses in MgB2 Films. J Supercond Nov Magn 24, 395–400 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-010-0946-y

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