INTERLAYER COUPLING EFFECT IN HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTORS PROBED BY YBA2CU3O7-X/PRBA2CU3O7-X SUPERLATTICES

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作者
LI, Q
XI, XX
WU, XD
INAM, A
VADLAMANNATI, S
MCLEAN, WL
VENKATESAN, T
RAMESH, R
HWANG, DM
MARTINEZ, JA
NAZAR, L
机构
[1] BELLCORE,RED BANK,NJ 07701
[2] UNIV CALIF LOS ALAMOS SCI LAB,CTR EXPLORATORY RES,LOS ALAMOS,NM 87545
[3] UNIV CALIF LOS ALAMOS SCI LAB,CTR DEV,LOS ALAMOS,NM 87545
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.3086
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
The effect of coupling between layers of the high-Tc superconductors was studied by varying both the YBa2Cu3O7-x and PrBa2Cu3O7-x layer thicknesses in YBa2Cu3O7-x/PrBa2Cu3O7-x superlattices. Superconductivity was found even when the YBa2Cu3O7-x layers had nominal thicknesses as small as 12 (one unit-cell thickness) but coupling between unit-cell layers is needed to achieve a Tc of 90 K. The decrease of Tc in isolated YBa2Cu3O7-x layers with increasing sheet resistance is on the same scale of about Latin small letter h with stroke/e2 as observed for ordinary superconductors. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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页码:3086 / 3089
页数:4
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