Critical temperature enhancement by means of substrate-induced pressure

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作者
Perret, J [1 ]
Fompeyrine, J [1 ]
Seo, JW [1 ]
Mächler, E [1 ]
Fischer, O [1 ]
Martinoli, P [1 ]
Locquet, JP [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Neuchatel, Inst Phys, CH-2000 Neuchatel, Switzerland
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SUPERCONDUCTING AND RELATED OXIDES: PHYSICS AND NANOENGINEERING III | 1998年 / 3481卷
关键词
cuprate; superconductivity; oxide; thin films; epitaxial strain;
D O I
10.1117/12.335902
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
In the field of high-temperature superconductivity there has been no increase in the critical temperature T-c of bulk compounds since 1993. However, an analysis of the uniaxial strain or pressure derivatives of T-c in the cuprate superconductors allows us to predict that under a compressive epitaxial strain, a large increase of T-c should be possible, We demonstrate the experimental feasibility of this approach for La2-xSrxCuO4+/-delta ("214") thin films deposited on (001)-oriented SrLaAlO4 substrates for different Sr content (0.045 less than or equal to x less than or equal to 0.11). Under epitaxial strain, a large jump of the critical temperature T-c is observed, as well as a drastic change in the resistive behavior from insulating to metallic at low temperatures.
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页数:7
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