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Direct observation of the washboard noise of a driven vortex lattice in a high-temperature superconductor, Bi2Sr2CaCu2Oy
We studied the conduction noise spectrum in the vortex state of a
high-temperature superconductor, Bi2Sr2CaCu2Oy, subject to a uniform driving
force. Two characteristic features, a broadband noise (BBN) and a narrow-band
noise (NBN), were observed in the vortex-solid phase. The origin of the large
BBN was determined to be plastic motion of the vortices, whereas the NBN was
found to originate from the washboard modulation of the translational velocity
of the driven vortices. We believe this to be the first observation ofComment: 4 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. Let