EFFECT OF UNIAXIAL-STRESS ON THE SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION IN YBA2CU3O7

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作者
WELP, U
GRIMSDITCH, M
FLESHLER, S
NESSLER, W
DOWNEY, J
CRABTREE, GW
GUIMPEL, J
机构
[1] ARGONNE NATL LAB,SCI & TECHNOL CTR SUPERCONDUCT,ARGONNE,IL 60439
[2] UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO,DEPT PHYS,LA JOLLA,CA 92093
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.2130
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We present the first direct measurements of T(c) as a function of uniaxial stress p(i) (i = a,b,c) along the crystal axes for an untwinned YBa2Cu3O7-delta single crystal. T(c) is linear in pi with slopes dT(c)/dp(a) = -2.0 +/- 0.2 K/GPa, dT(c)/dp(b) = +1.9 +/- 0.2 K/GPa, and dT(c)/dp(c) = -0.3 +/- 0.1 K/GPa. These results confirm predictions based on thermal expansion measurements [C. Meingast et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 67, 1634 (1991)] and show that the small hydrostatic pressure dependence of T(c) in YBa2Cu3O7-delta is due to a cancellation of large and opposite effects in the a-b plane.
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