Wohlleben effect in small grains of Bi-based high-temperature superconductors: Evidence for intrinsic nature of spontaneous currents

被引:13
作者
Knauf, N
Fischer, J
Roden, B
Borowski, R
Freitag, B
Buchner, B
Micklitz, H
Freimuth, A
Kataev, V
Khomskii, DI
机构
[1] UNIV KARLSRUHE,INST PHYS,D-76128 KARLSRUHE,GERMANY
[2] RUSSIAN ACAD SCI,KAZAN INST TECH PHYS,KAZAN 420029,RUSSIA
[3] UNIV GRONINGEN,DEPT PHYS,MAT RES CTR,NL-9747 AG GRONINGEN,NETHERLANDS
来源
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1996年 / 35卷 / 07期
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D O I
10.1209/epl/i1996-00148-y
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We report on the observation of the Wohlleben effect (WE) in powders of Bi-based high-temperature superconductors consisting of isolated grains with sizes of order 1 mu m In these small grains the Josephson contacts with negative critical current (pi-junctions) generally involved to explain the WE must be able to carry a current density of order j approximate to 10(5)-10(6) A/cm(2) even close to T-c. Such high spontaneous currents can be explained, if such contacts are not ordinary tunneling Josephson junctions but superconductor-normal-metal-superconductor junctions and if the superconducting order parameter has d-wave symmetry.
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页码:541 / 546
页数:6
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