Uniaxial pressure dependence of Tc of untwinned YBa2Cu3Ox single crystals for x=6.5–7

Autor: A. Erb, H. Claus, Christoph Meingast, G. Bräuchle, German Müller-Vogt, H. Wühl, O. Kraut
Rok vydání: 1993
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Zdroj: Physica C: Superconductivity. 205:139-146
ISSN: 0921-4534
DOI: 10.1016/0921-4534(93)90180-x
Popis: The dependence of Tc on uniaxial pressure dTc/dpi(i= a, b, c) is determined for untwinned YBa2Cu3Ox single crystals as a function of O-content using ultrahigh-resolution thermal-expansion data and the Ehrenfest relationship. The dTc/dpi values are found to be highly anisotropic and are likely due to several different effects. For uniaxial-pressure applied parallel to the c-axis, we find a strong O-content (or carrier density) dependence of the dTc/dpb values, which have opposite signs charge transfer model. This model does not, however, explain the large dTc/dpa and dTc/dpb values, which have opposite signs and do not show a strong O-content dependence except at x=6.7, where both dTc/dpa and dTc/dpb values increase sharply. The a, b effects are discussed in terms of the orthorhombic distortion.
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