Effect of Cu-O layer spacing on the magnetic field induced resistive broadening of high-temperature superconductors
| Autor: | Kenneth E. Gray, Darrin S. Richeson, R. T. Kampwirth, J.C. Smith, Tobin J. Marks, D.H. Kim, J. Talvacchio, M. Eddy, Joonhee Kang |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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Josephson effect
Superconductivity Resistive touchscreen High-temperature superconductivity Materials science Condensed matter physics Energy Engineering and Power Technology Condensed Matter Physics Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials law.invention Vortex Magnetic field Coupling (electronics) Tunnel effect law Condensed Matter::Superconductivity Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Zdroj: | Physica C: Superconductivity. 177:431-437 |
| ISSN: | 0921-4534 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0921-4534(91)90500-x |
| Popis: | For H‖c-axis, the magnetic field induced broadening of the resistive transitions of high-Tc superconductors (HTS) is shown to depend strongly on the Cu-O layer spacing. For the highly anisotropic HTS, we show experimental evidence that flux motion results from a thermally activated crossover from three dimensional (3D) vortex lines to 2D independent pancake-like vortices in the Cu-O layers, which is intrinsic to the material and occurs when kBT exceeds the Josephson coupling energy of these layers. At low temperatures, however, thermally activated conventional depinning (which can be sample dependent) or melting in the uncoupled 2D Cu-O layers is also required for flux motion. For YBa2Cu3O7, this dimensional crossover does not occur belowHc2, presumably because the conducting Cu-O chains short-circuit the Josephson interlayer coupling, leading to better superconducting properties in a magnetic field. These results show that strong interlayer coupling is a key to finding good alternatives. |
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