ISSN:
1089-7550
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Samples of YBa2Cu3O7 have been prepared with rather sharp inductive transitions having in the best cases breadths of 7 K and midpoint Tc values of 88 K. The resistive Tc midpoints are 92–95 K with transition widths of ±1–2 K. Flux shielding at 4.2 K is normally 100% and flux expulsion at 4.2 K reaches 95%. However, even small fields of order 1 mT decouple some 15%–20% of the volume, allowing flux to enter the samples. Resistive Hc2 measurements suggest that Hc2(0) varies from 〈1 to 〉300 T, depending on the criterion chosen. ac susceptibility measurements suggest that Hc2(0) is ∼60 T. Magnetization current densities are relatively high (150–200 A/mm2 at 1–10 T at 4.2 K) but measured transport current densities are small (≤1 A/mm2). Magnetization current densities at 77 K are about two orders of magnitude lower. The samples were seen to be heavily twinned by light microscopy (scale of 1–5 μm) and by transmission electron microscopy (scale of ∼250 nm). It is concluded that these measurements are consistent with a model of superconducting regions of reduced dimensionality coupled by tunneling.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.339339
