Magnetization experiments around Tc in cuprate superconductors: thermal fluctuation, random orientation and inhomogeneity effects

Autor: C. Torrón, S. R. Currás, J.A. Veira, Félix Vidal, A. Revcolevschi, Jesús Mosqueira
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Physica C: Superconductivity. 332:389-392
ISSN: 0921-4534
DOI: 10.1016/s0921-4534(99)00709-1
Popis: We present some measurements of the crossing point of the excess magnetization vs. temperature curves, (ΔM*, T*), and of the Meissner fraction, χFC(T), in granular La1.9Sr0.1CuO4 (LaSCO) samples, before and after grain alignment. These results show that once ΔM* and χFC are adequately and separately corrected for random grain orientation and demagnetizing effects, the remaining extrinsic effects on ΔM*ab (associated with structural and, mainly, stoichiometric inhomogeneities) may be taken into account through χab FC(T*). The intrinsic ΔM*ab values agree with the predictions based on thermal fluctuations of pancakes.
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