Material properties of oxide superconductors
- AT and T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ (United States)
The differences between the old (inter-) metallic superconductors and the new oxide superconductors are not limited to the much higher values of {Tc} attainable in the latter. There are many pervasive differences caused directly by oxide chemistry, quasi-perovskite local coordination configurations, and layered metal-semiconductor-metal{prime}-semiconductor-structures. When these differences are ignored, for instance in theoretical models which make effective medium approximations, many experiments appear to present anomalous results. These anomalies largely disappear when account is taken of the real materials properties of the cuprates and other new oxide superconductors, for instance in theoretical models which treat transport as a partially percolative process. This percolative process directly reflects the fact that the highest values of {Tc}, as well as the most anomalous normal-state transport properties, occur in materials vicinal to a metal-insulator transition. As the metallic and insulating regions alternate even in single-crystal samples, effective medium models, and most effective-medium parameters, lose their significance. Examples of attempts to measure microscopic properties illustrate the importance of filamentary effects on both normal-state and superconductive properties.
- OSTI ID:
- 548446
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960163-; ISBN 0-8194-2071-9; TRN: 98:000262
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Photonics West `96: conference on quantum well and superlattice physics VI, San Jose, CA (United States), 27 Jan - 2 Feb 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Oxide superconductor physics and nano-engineering II; Bozovic, I. [ed.] [Varian Research Center, Palo Alto, CA (United States)]; Pavuna, D. [ed.] [Swiss Federal Inst. of Tech., Lausanne (Switzerland)]; PB: 578 p.; Proceedings/SPIE, Volume 2697
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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