Published October 1995 | Version v1
Journal article

Large ultrasonic attenuation at Tc in YBa2Cu3O7-x

  • 1. Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., Atsugi (Japan)
  • 2. Superconducting Research Lab., Tokyo (Japan)

Description

The authors investigated elastic anomalies of sintered YBa2Cu3O7-x (x=0.35) superconductor around the critical temperature (Tc = 60K). They observed the non-symmetric and large attentuation peak (2 dB/cm at 9.7 MHz) at Tc, which was due to the lattice softening caused by the strong correlation between carriers and local lattice distortion. The rapid decrease of ultrasonic attenuation just below Tc suggested a condensation mechanism. These supported the polaronic condensation in high-Tc superconductivity

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Superconductivity
Journal Volume
8
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 647-648.
ISSN
0896-1107
CODEN
JOUSEH