Vortex glass melting in single crystal La1.825Sr0.075CuO4

The vortex phase diagram in single crystalline La1.85Sr0.075CuO4has been studied using an AC-susceptibility technique. A peak in the out-of-phase ( χ“) component of the susceptibility indicates a transition from a pinned flux lattice (FLL) to an unpinned one. This peak is frequency dependent for all the values of the magnetic field measured (0.01 to 4 T), and this, as well as the general behavior found in the cuprates, has prompted us to interpret our data as evidence for a vortex-glass to liquid transition in the FLL. The activation energies obtained can be fitted to a theory developed by Vinokur et al. Measurements with the magnetic field at an angle with the Cu-O planes may also be understood qualitatively within this framework.