%0 Journal Article
%T Flux-Cutting in YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-¦Ä}$ single crystals: Experiment and Phenomenological model
%A D. L¨®pez
%A G. Nieva
%A F. de la Cruz
%A H. J. Jensen
%A D. O'Kane
%J Physics
%D 1994
%I arXiv
%R 10.1103/PhysRevB.50.9684
%X We measured the current induced loss of vortex correlation in YBCO crystals using the pseudo DC flux transformer geometry. We find that the current $I_{cut}$ at which the top and bottom voltage differ is a linear function of temperature independent of pinning. Although the vortex correlation length at $I_{cut}$ coincides with the sample thickness, the experimental data show that $I_{cut}$ is sample thickness independent. The observed behavior with temperature, magnetic field and thickness is described by a phenomenological model.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9406040v1