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In-plane paraconductivity in a single crystal of superconducting YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7-//sub x/

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States)
Resistivity measurements have been made in the a-b plane on a single-crystal sample of superconducting YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7-//sub x/. The resistivity versus temperature curve shows a highly linear region between 150 and 240 K, with an upward deviation from linearity at 240 K. With decreasing temperature below 150 K, the resistivity curve also deviates from linearity; this deviation has been analyzed in terms of the Aslamazov-Larkin, Lawrence-Doniach, and Maki-Thompson paraconductivity theories. All three theories can be fit to the data, but the Lawrence-Doniach model gives the best fit to the data, with physically reasonable parameters. We find that the Ginzburg-Landau coherence length in the c direction, extrapolated to low temperature with the theoretical temperature dependence, is approximately 0.44 A.
Research Organization:
Department of Physics and Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801
OSTI ID:
6479608
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States) Vol. 39:7; ISSN PRBMD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English