Scaling in Angle Resolved Electrical Transport Measurements on $\mathsf{\kappa}$-(BEDT-TTF)$\mathsf{_2}$Cu(NCS)$\mathsf{_2}$

S. Friemel; C. Pasquier; D. Jérome

doi:doi:10.1051/jp1:1996202

Issue		J. Phys. I France Volume 6, Number 12, December 1996


Page(s)		2043 - 2050
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/jp1:1996202

DOI: 10.1051/jp1:1996202
J. Phys. I France 6 (1996) 2043-2050

Scaling in Angle Resolved Electrical Transport Measurements on $\mathsf{\kappa}$ -(BEDT-TTF) $\mathsf{_2}$ Cu(NCS) $\mathsf{_2}$

S. Friemel, C. Pasquier and D. Jérome

Laboratoire de Physique des Solides URA 2 CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France

(Received 7 May 1996, received in final form 14 June 1996, accepted 17 June 1996)

Abstract
We report on single crystal electrical transport measurements on $\kappa$ -(BEDT-TTF) ₂Cu(NCS) ₂ in an external magnetic field applied at different angles with respect to the superconducting layers. By measuring the in-plane resistivity versus temperature we can reveal a thermally activated behavior in the vortex liquid phase and are able to extract the angular dependence of the activation energy. Voltage versus current measurements lead to angle dependent values for the critical current $J_{\rm c}$ . Our data can be fitted succesfully within the framework of the anisotropic effective mass model resulting in an estimate for the anisotropy parameter $\gamma = \xi_{ab}/\xi_{c}\approx 40-110$ .

Scaling in Angle Resolved Electrical Transport Measurements on -(BEDT-TTF) Cu(NCS)

Scaling in Angle Resolved Electrical Transport Measurements on $\mathsf{\kappa}$ -(BEDT-TTF) $\mathsf{_2}$ Cu(NCS) $\mathsf{_2}$