Exponential Increase in the Resistivity upon Cooling and Superconductivity in Indium-Doped Pb{sub 0.45}Sn{sub 0.55}Te
- Ioffe Institute (Russian Federation)
We have analyzed the temperature and magnetic-field dependences of resistivity ρ(T, H) of semiconducting compound Pb{sub 0.45}Sn{sub 0.55}Te doped with 5 at % In under a hydrostatic compression at P < 12 kbar. It is found that the temperature dependence ρ(T) at all pressures at T < 100 K is exponential with the activation energy decreasing upon an increase in pressure; this is accompanied with a superconducting transition on the ρ(T) and ρ(H) dependences at P > 4.8 kbar at T > 1 K (T{sub c} = 1.72 K at a level of 0.5ρ{sub N} at P = 6.8 kbar). We consider the model describing the low-temperature “dielectrization” of the semiconducting solid solution and the formation of the superconducting state upon an increase in the hydrostatic compression P > 4 kbar.
- OSTI ID:
- 22756156
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics, Vol. 125, Issue 6; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2017 Pleiades Publishing, Inc.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7761
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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