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Ion-channeling investigation of thermal vibrational amplitudes across the superconducting transition in YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7-//sub delta/

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States)
Ion-channeling measurements reveal that the thermal vibrational amplitude, u/sub 1/, decreases markedly from 0.008 to 0.0056 nm as the temperature of orthorhombic single crystals of YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7-//sub delta/ is lowered from 300 to 220 K. The rate of this decrease slows at lower temperatures, with u/sub 1/ reaching a value of 0.0042 nm at 100 K. Further cooling of the sample across the superconducting transition region (to 85 K) produces an abrupt, additional decrease in u/sub 1/ to 0.0035 nm. This abrupt lattice stiffening corresponds to an approx.140 K increase in Debye temperature across the superconducting transition.
Research Organization:
Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439
OSTI ID:
6749251
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States) Vol. 38:13; ISSN PRBMD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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