Bulk superconductivity at 36 K in La/sub 1. 8/Sr/sub 0. 2/CuO/sub 4/
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· Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States)
Cava, van Dover, Batlogg, and Rietman (Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 408 (1987)) have reported bulk superconductivity at 36 K in La/sub 1.8/Sr/sub 0.2/CuO/sub 4/ which is the highest reported bulk superconducting transition temperature at the writing of this paper. This discovery came in the wake of reported possible high-T/sub c/ superconductivity in a mixture of crystalline phases of the Ba-La-Cu-O system by Bednorz and Muller (Z. Phys. B 64, 189 (1986)). We have also observed superconductivity in samples of La/sub 1.8/Sr/sub 0.2/CuO/sub 4/. The purpose of this paper is to describe briefly the results of our own measurements on this system. We find that our results are in very good agreement with those of Cava et al.
- Research Organization:
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay 400 085, India and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay 400 005, India
- OSTI ID:
- 6655223
- Journal Information:
- Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States) Vol. 35:13; ISSN PRBMD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
360603* -- Materials-- Properties
656100 -- Condensed Matter Physics-- Superconductivity
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
CHALCOGENIDES
COPPER COMPOUNDS
COPPER OXIDES
CRYSTAL LATTICES
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
DATA
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
INFORMATION
LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS
LANTHANUM OXIDES
LOW TEMPERATURE
MEDIUM TEMPERATURE
MEISSNER-OCHSENFELD EFFECT
NUMERICAL DATA
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS
STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS
STRONTIUM OXIDES
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
TETRAGONAL LATTICES
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION TEMPERATURE
ULTRALOW TEMPERATURE
VERY LOW TEMPERATURE
360603* -- Materials-- Properties
656100 -- Condensed Matter Physics-- Superconductivity
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
CHALCOGENIDES
COPPER COMPOUNDS
COPPER OXIDES
CRYSTAL LATTICES
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
DATA
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
INFORMATION
LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS
LANTHANUM OXIDES
LOW TEMPERATURE
MEDIUM TEMPERATURE
MEISSNER-OCHSENFELD EFFECT
NUMERICAL DATA
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS
STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS
STRONTIUM OXIDES
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
TETRAGONAL LATTICES
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION TEMPERATURE
ULTRALOW TEMPERATURE
VERY LOW TEMPERATURE