MECHANISM OF QUENCHING OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN THE YBa2Cu3O7-δ SYSTEM ON SUBSTITUTION OF Zn FOR Cu

Autor:	S.K. Gaur, Stefan Carlson, R.K. Singhal, Per Nordblad, K. B. Garg, B. R. Sekhar, Prabir Pal
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Quenching Superconductivity Condensed matter physics Magnetic moment Electrical resistivity and conductivity Doping Analytical chemistry Density of states Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Charge carrier Condensed Matter Physics X-ray absorption fine structure
Zdroj:	International Journal of Modern Physics B. 24:2135-2148
ISSN:	1793-6578 0217-9792
DOI:	10.1142/s0217979210055342
Popis:	Substituting Zn for Cu is known to rapidly quench superconductivity in the doped perovskites but the mechanism behind it is still not clearly understood. Single phase YBa 2( Cu 1-x Zn x)3 O 7-δ (x = 0.0 to 0.06) samples were synthesized and characterized using XRD, wet titration, resistivity, and ac susceptibility. Angle-integrated Valence Band Photoemission and Zn K-edge XAFS results clearly show that their oxygen stoichiometry (δ) changes on Zn substitution, thereby adversely affecting the density of free charge carriers and hence the normal state resistivity and the Tc. However, the observed changes in the two happen to be too large to be accounted for solely on the basis of changes in the oxygen stoichiometry δ. We find that the Zn cation acts as a strong "impurity" scattering centre in the YBCO lattice and causes local lattice distortion (LLD). It consequently induces local magnetic moment, seen in our dc susceptibility measurements. It is thus a composite of (Δδ), LLD and possibly also magnetic pair-breaking that is responsible for the rapid quenching of the superconductivity observed with Zn doping in this system.
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