Kosterlitz-Thouless transition and charge redistribution in the superconductivity of YBCO/PBCO superlattices

Journal Article · Mon Jun 03 00:00:00 EDT 1991 · Physical Review Letters; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.2927· OSTI ID:5691771

Rasolt, M ^[1]; Edis, T ^[2]; Tesanovic, Z ^[3]

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1. Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6032 (US)
2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218 (US)
3. Theoretical Division, Mail Stop B262, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (US) Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218 (US)

Recent experimental measurements of the resistive transition in YBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 7{minus}{ital x}}/PrBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 7{minus}{ital x}} superlattices show a dramatic suppression in the resistive transition temperature {ital T}{sub {ital c}} as the thickness of the Pr layer increases while the thickness of the Y layer decreases. We show that the qualitative features of these experiments (and in particular most of the suppression in {ital T}{sub {ital c}}) can be accounted for within the Kosterlitz-Thouless theory. A small further suppression in {ital T}{sub {ital c}} is shown to occur due to charge transfer from Y to the Pr layers.

• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 5691771
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (USA), Vol. 66:22; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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