Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Local moments, diamagnetism, and time-dependent magnetic response of high-temperature superconductors

Journal Article · · J. Appl. Phys.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.342213· OSTI ID:6726301

The magnetic properties of high-T/sub c/ superconductors RBa/sub 2/ Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7-//sub delta/ with R = Y, Gd were investigated in the temperature range 4.2--300 K. To first order, no interaction was found between superconductivity and paramagnetism in the zero-field-cooled state of the Gd-doped samples: after correction for the Curie--Weiss magnetization, the diamagnetism of these samples is very close to that of the Y-doped samples. This suggests that the superconducting screening of an applied field has little effect on the field seen by the R species. The diamagnetic screening is found to be strongly time dependent due to flux penetration, whereas the magnetic ions see the applied field without delay.

Research Organization:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
OSTI ID:
6726301
Journal Information:
J. Appl. Phys.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Appl. Phys.; (United States) Vol. 64:10; ISSN JAPIA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English