Abstract
Fe1+yTe0.6Se0.4 has considerable application potential due to its large critical current density (J
c) and high upper critical magnetic field (H
c2). However, the uncertainty of the anisotropy of J
c and the unclear flux-pinning mechanism have limited the application of this material. In this study, the J
c in three directions were obtained from magnetic hysteresis loop measurements. A large anisotropy of J
c
ab /J
c
c ~ 10 was observed, and the origin of the anisotropy was discussed in details. Flux pinning force densities (F
p) were obtained from J
c, and a non-scaling behavior was found in the normalized pinning force f
p[F
p/F
p-max] versus the normalized field h[H/H
c2]. The peaks of pinning force shift from a high h to a low h with increasing temperature. Based on the vortex dynamics analysis, the peak shift was found to originate from the magnetization relaxation. The J
c and F
p at critical states free from the magnetic relaxation were regained. According to the Dew-Hughes model, the dominant pinning type in Fe1+yTe0.6Se0.4 clean single crystals was confirmed to be normal point pinning.