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Title: Peak effect on magnetic hysteresis in oxygen-overdoped single crystals of Tl{sub 2}Ba{sub 2}CuO{sub 6+{delta}}

Journal Article · · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter
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  1. The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637 (United States)
  2. Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)
  3. National Research Institute for Metals, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 (Japan)

Magnetic hysteresis loops in single crystals of Tl{sub 2}Ba{sub 2}CuO{sub 6+{delta}} for H{parallel}c have been investigated in order to study the peak effect or {open_quotes}fishtail{close_quotes} feature. The peak effect was observed in a series of oxygen-overdoped crystals covering a wide range in T{sub c}. The peak fields H{sub pk} show scaling behavior with reduced temperature T/T{sub c}, and the normalized slope (T{sub c}/H{sub pk}) (dH{sub pk}/dT) is found to assume a nearly constant value for all investigated overdoped Tl-2201 crystals. This suggests that the underlying mechanism for the origin of the peak effect is independent of oxygen defect concentration. {copyright} {ital 1999} {ital The American Physical Society}

OSTI ID:
341396
Journal Information:
Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter, Vol. 59, Issue 21; Other Information: PBD: Jun 1999
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English