SLOPE DISCONTINUITY AND FLUCTUATION OF LATTICE EXPANSION NEAR TC IN UNTWINNED YBA2CU3O7-DELTA SINGLE-CRYSTALS

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作者
YOU, H [1 ]
WELP, U [1 ]
FANG, Y [1 ]
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[1] ARGONNE NATL LAB,SCI & TECHNOL CTR SUPERCOND,ARGONNE,IL 60439
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1991年 / 43卷 / 04期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.43.3660
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T [工业技术];
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摘要
The thermal lattice expansion of untwinned YBa2Cu3O7-delta single crystals is measured from 10 to 300 K with a high-resolution x-ray-diffraction technique on beam-line X22B at the National Synchrotron Light Source. All the unit-cell parameters (a, b, c, and volume) show unexpectedly large slope discontinuities near T(c) and possible strong fluctuations over a wide temperature region (80 < T < 120 K). Possible implications for the nature of the superconducting mechanism are discussed.
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