Single crystal growth and the upper critical field of the superconductor U6Fe

被引:8
作者
Yamamoto, E [1 ]
Hedo, M [1 ]
Inada, Y [1 ]
Ishida, T [1 ]
Haga, Y [1 ]
Onuki, Y [1 ]
机构
[1] OSAKA UNIV, FAC SCI, TOYONAKA, OSAKA 560, JAPAN
关键词
single crystal; superconducting upper critical field; U6Fe;
D O I
10.1143/JPSJ.65.1034
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Single crystals of superconducting U6Fe were grown by both the zone-melting method and the Czochralski pulling method. The upper critical field H-c2 was determined from the electrical resistivity in applied magnetic fields, and H-c2 is found to be anisotropic; 13.1 T for the field along the [001] direction and 10.4 T for [110]. Anisotropy of H-c2 is well explained by the effective mass model.
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页数:4
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