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Title: Magnetic-field-induced non-linear effects of Josephson copuled superconductor Bi{sub 2}Sr{sub 2}CaCu{sub 2}O{sub 8+{delta}}

Journal Article · · Journal of Superconductivity
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00722830· OSTI ID:136194
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  1. National Research Institute for Metals, Ibaraki (Japan); and others

The dc current-voltage (I-V) relation along the c-axis of single crystalline Bi{sub 2}Sr{sub 2}CaCu{sub 2}O{sub 8+{delta}} has been measured in magnetic fields parallel and perpendicular to the c-axis. In zero field a clear and sharp jump with large hysteresis in the I-V curve was observed, indicative of the dc-Josephson effect. In magnetic field below a characteristic field B*{approx}0.4 T (at T=0 K) parallel to the c-axis the magnetic field suppresses the hysteresis and reduces the critical current I{sub c} drastically, whereas above B* the I-V curve becomes broad and featureless behavior. The characteristic field scale B* can be interpreted as an energy scale of the Josephson coupling between superconducting layers in Bi{sub 2}Sr{sub 2}CaCu{sub 2}O{sub 8+{delta}} and is argued with emphasis on the correlation length of pancake vortices in this system.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
136194
Report Number(s):
CONF-950144-; ISSN 0896-1107; TRN: 95:007193-0018
Journal Information:
Journal of Superconductivity, Vol. 8, Issue 4; Conference: University of Miami workshop on high-temperature superconductivity: physical properties and mechanisms, Coral Gables, FL (United States), 5-11 Jan 1995; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English