High-Q oscillator measurements of vortex properties in YBa2Cu3O7??

Abstract

High-Q oscillators, vibrating with extremely small tilt angles, ∼10−7 radians, were used to study vortex behavior in single crystal YBa2Cu3O7−δ. Systematic changes in the dissipation and frequency of the oscillator were explored for various fields both parallel and perpendicular to twin boundaries. At the small tilt oscillation amplitudes employed here, a number of features were observed which are not evident at the more typically utilized large oscillation amplitudes.