Surface pinning in an amorphous ZrTiCuNiBe alloy

@article{Fil2004SurfacePI,
  title={Surface pinning in an amorphous ZrTiCuNiBe alloy},
  author={V. D. Fil and D. V. Fil and Yu. A. Avramenko and A. L. Gaiduk and William l. Johnson},
  journal={Physical Review B},
  year={2004},
  volume={71},
  pages={092504}
}
We have measured the amplitude and the phase of an electromagnetic (EM) field radiated from a superconductor (amorphous ZrTiCuNiBe alloy) in the mixed state due to the interaction of the flux lattice with an elastic wave. The results point to an essential contribution of a surface pinning into the flux lattice dynamics. We propose a model that describes radiation of the EM field from superconductors with nonuniform pinning. The model allows us to reconstruct the viscosity and the Labusch… 
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