Resistive transition, magnetoresistance, and anisotropy in La sub 2 minus x Sr sub x CuO sub 4 single-crystal thin films (JP)

Journal Article · Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991 · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.44.249· OSTI ID:5662980

Suzuki, M; Hikita, M ^[1]

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1. NTT Applied Electronics Laboratories, NTT Ibaraki Research and Development Center, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, 162 Tokai, Ibaraki 319-11, (Japan)

The temperature dependence of the resistivity {rho}({ital T}) in the vicinity of the superconducting transition temperature {ital T}{sub {ital c}} has been measured for thin-film single crystals of La{sub 2{minus}{ital x}}Sr{sub {ital x}}CuO{sub 4} as a function of an applied magnetic field, both parallel and perpendicular to the {ital c} axis. The resistive transition exhibits characteristic behavior, depending on the Sr concentration {ital x}, when a field is applied. For small {ital x} the application of a field causes a significant broadening of the resistive transition---a behavior thought to be typical of high-{ital T}{sub {ital c}} cuprate superconductors---while for {ital x} exceeding 0.15, it simply causes a parallel shift of the curves to lower temperatures. From the analysis of the magnetoresistance above {ital T}{sub {ital c}} based on the theory of field-dependent fluctuation conductivity for layered materials, it is shown that the behavior of the field-induced resistive transition can be ascribed to the flux motion, especially when {bold H}{perpendicular}{bold c}. The analysis also shows that the out-of-plane Ginzburg-Landau coherence length {xi}{sub {ital c}}(0) increases systematically with {ital x} from 0.55 A at {ital x}=0.08 to 3 A at {ital x}=0.3, while the in-plane Ginsburg-Landau coherence length {xi}{sub {ital a}{ital b}}(0) is almost constant and {xi}{sub {ital a}{ital b}}(0)=31--33 A, irrespective of the value of {ital x} as long as {ital T}{sub {ital c}} remains high. The anisotropy {xi}{sub {ital a}{ital b}}(0)/{xi}{sub {ital c}}(0) estimated from these results exceeds 50 at low Sr concentrations and is still larger than 15 even for {ital x}{gt}0.1.

• OSTI ID: 5662980
• Journal Information: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (USA) Vol. 44:1; ISSN PRBMD; ISSN 0163-1829
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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