OBSERVATION BY ELECTRON-SPIN RESONANCE OF A PSEUDO-CUBIC SITE IN YBA2CU3O7-X

被引:40
作者
MEHRAN, F [1 ]
BARNES, SE [1 ]
MCGUIRE, TR [1 ]
DINGER, TR [1 ]
KAISER, DL [1 ]
HOLTZBERG, F [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV GENEVA,DEPT PHYS MAT CONDENSEE,CH-1211 GENEVA 4,SWITZERLAND
关键词
CRYSTALS - Magnetic Field Effects - ELECTRONS - Resonance - HEAT TREATMENT - Annealing - SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;
D O I
10.1016/0038-1098(88)90567-4
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
We report electron paramagnetic resonance experiments in single crystals of the high T//c superconductor YBa//2Cu//3O//7// minus //x. No EPR signal is observed in the spectra of the properly annealed crystals with T//c congruent 90K. However, we observe a strong, almost isotropic Cu**2** plus signal in the spectra of the as-grown (unannealed) single crystals with T//c congruent 40K. The observed signal has a slightly anisotropic g-factor which becomes totally isotropic at T congruent 90K. The linewidth, dominated by the hyperfine interaction, remains anisotropic at all temperatures, showing that the signal originates from a site which does not have real cubic symmetry.
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页码:299 / 302
页数:4
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