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Title: Quasi-two-dimensional phase fluctuations in bulk superconducting YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7/ single crystals

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States)

A detailed study of the electrical transport properties in high-quality bulk single crystals YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7/ has manifested a Kosterlitz-Thouless (K-T)--type transition in the ab plane 0.2 K below the mean-field superconducting transition (T/sub c//sup 0/ = 93.15 K). The c-axis correlation length l/sub c/(T = 0)approx. =6 A and a large two-dimensional effective mass (m/sub a//sub b//sup *//m/sub e//similar to/10) of the supercarrier are estimated based on the K-T theory. The large effective mass suggests strong electron-electron correlations for the supercarriers confined in a quasi-two-dimensional sheet.

Research Organization:
IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598
OSTI ID:
6114434
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States), Vol. 39:13
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English