We report the influence of intrinsic superconducting parameters on the vortex dynamics and the critical current densities of a MgB2 thin film. The small magnetic penetration depth of \lambda = 50 nm at T=4 K is related to a clean \pi-band, and transport and magnetization data show an upper critical field similar to those reported in clean single crystals. We find a high self-field critical current density Jc, which is strongly reduced with applied magnetic field, and attribute this to suppression of the superconductivity in the \pi-band. The temperature dependence of the creep rate S(T) at low magnetic field can be explained by a simple Anderson-Kim mechanism. The system shows high pinning energies at low field that are strongly suppressed by high field, which is consistent with a two-band contribution.
@article{arxiv.1303.0352,
title = {Two-band effect on the vortex dynamics and critical current density in an anisotropic MgB$_2$ thin film},
author = {Jeehoon Kim and N. Haberkorn and E. Nazaretski and R. de Paula and X. X. Xi and T. Tajima and R. Movshovich and L. Civale},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.0352},
year = {2013}
}