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A comparison of twin boundary pinning in nearly fully stoichiometric and oxygen deficient YBa[sub 2]Cu[sub 3]O[sub 7-[delta]]

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OSTI ID:6906158
The angular dependence of the magnetoresistance was measured on the same single crystal of a YBa[sub 2]Cu[sub 3]O[sub 7-[delta]] prepared initially with a superconducting transition temperature of 93.0K and then annealed to obtain a transition temperature of 56.9K. A second oxygen deficient sample was produced with a transition temperature 57.0K and nearly identical transport characteristics. Twin boundary pinning superimposed on flux flow behavior was observed in both the 56.9K and 93.0K states for magnetic field rotation in ab plane. For magnetic field rotations off the c axis we observe twin boundary pinning only for the nearly stoichiometric state. We find the broadening of the resistive transition in magnetic field (H [parallel] c) to occur over a much larger interval of reduced temperature in the deoxygenated state. The enhanced broadening of the resistive transition in magnetic field and absence of twin boundary pinning may indicate that the vortex system is two dimensional and in general, defects are rendered ineffective in pinning due to the absence of three dimensional collective elastic effects.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE; NSF; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
6906158
Report Number(s):
ANL/MSD/CP-78124; CONF-920802--46; ON: DE93004854; CNN: STC-8809854
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English