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Upper critical fields and high superconducting transition temperatures of La/sub 1. 85/Sr/sub 0. 15/CuO/sub 4/ and La/sub 1. 85/Ba/sub 0. 15/CuO/sub 4/

Journal Article · · Appl. Phys. Lett.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.98154· OSTI ID:6973293
The superconducting transition temperature T/sub c/ of La/sub 1.85/Sr/sub 0.15/CuO/sub 4/ is measured to be 34.7 K (midpoint) with a transition width (10--90%) of 2.6 K. The critical field slope at T/sub c/ is 2.13 T/K. Using the Werthamer, Helfand, and Hohenberg expression in the dirty limit we estimate the upper critical field H/sub c//sub 2/(0) to be at least 50 T for this system. The measured transition width broadens initially with increasing field to 4 K, then saturates at this value for fields above 2 T. The critical field slope for the lower T/sub c/ material La/sub 1.85/Ba/sub 0.15/CuO/sub 4/ is measured to be 1.78 T/K, which yields an H/sub c//sub 2/(0) of at least 36 T.
Research Organization:
Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
6973293
Journal Information:
Appl. Phys. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Appl. Phys. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 50:9; ISSN APPLA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English