TWIN BOUNDARIES, IMPURITIES, AND ANISOTROPY IN YBA2CU3O7-DELTA SINGLE-CRYSTALS

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BOHANDY, J [1 ]
KIM, BF [1 ]
MOORJANI, K [1 ]
ADRIAN, FJ [1 ]
KAISER, DL [1 ]
SWARTZENDRUBER, LJ [1 ]
GAYLE, FW [1 ]
BENNETT, LH [1 ]
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[1] NATL INST STANDARDS & TECHNOL,GAITHERSBURG,MD 20899
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PHYSICA C | 1992年 / 203卷 / 1-2期
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10.1016/0921-4534(92)90519-I
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
The role of twin boundaries and impurities in the superconducting properties of twinned and detwinned single crystals of YBa2Cu3O7-delta is studied via magnetically modulated microwave absorption (MAMMA) and SQUID magnetometry. Twin boundaries do not affect the T(c) (91.5 K) or the width of the superconducting transition of high quality gold-doped samples. In contrast, a twinned crystal containing additional impurities exhibits a lower T(c) (88 K), a larger transition width, and a secondary transition (T(c)=86 K) due most likely to the segregation of impurities at the twin boundaries. A 10-15% anisotropy in the value of dT(c)/dH is observed in the a-b plane of the detwinned crystal.
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