Vortex matter and strong pinning in underdoped PrFeAs(O,F) with atomic-sized defects
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2025-10
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We present a comprehensive investigation of the field-dependent critical current density and pinning force, combined with a detailed analysis of the nanostructural defect landscape in single crystal of underdoped PrFeAs(O,F) superconductor. Our study demonstrates that for both in-plane and out-of-plane magnetic field orientations, critical current density exhibits a strong pinning regime in intermediate fields across the entire temperature range. The dominant contribution to pinning originates from oxygen-to-fluorine substitutional defects, oxygen vacancies, which all act as point defects via a quasiparticle mean free path fluctuation mechanism. Scanning transmission electron microscope studies did not reveal any volume or surface defect types within the lattice.
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9 (10)
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104801
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American Physical Society