Field induced reduction of the low-temperature superfluid density in YBa2Cu3O6.95

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作者
Sonier, JE
Brewer, JH
Kiefl, RF
Morris, GD
Miller, RI
Bonn, DA
Chakhalian, J
Heffner, RH
Hardy, WN
Liang, R
机构
[1] Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
[2] TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, Canada
[3] Univ British Columbia, Dept Phys & Astron, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.4156
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摘要
A novel high magnetic field (8 T) spectrometer for muon spin relation has been used to measure the temperature dependence of the in-plane magnetic penetration depth lambda(ab) in YBa2Cu3O6.95. At low H and low T, lambda(ab) exhibits the characteristic linear T dependence associated with the energy gap of a d(x2-y2)-wave superconductor. However, at higher fields lambda(ab) is essentially temperature independent at low T. We discuss possible interpretations of this surprising new feature in the low-energy excitation spectrum.
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页码:4156 / 4159
页数:4
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