Published October 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

An ordered oxygen deficiency formed by electron irradiation of Cl-0201-type Sr2CuO2+δCl2-y superconductor

  • 1. Laboratory for Extreme Condition Physics, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, PO Box 603, Beijing 100080 (China)

Description

Using a 200?keV electron beam with the intensity ∼7 x 1016?e?nm-2 as an irradiation source, we investigated the irradiation effects on the microstructure of a new superconductor, Sr2CuO2+δCl2-y, by means of high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) and energy dispersive analysis of x-rays (EDX). When the sample was illuminated along the [001] direction, a kind of modulated structure with modulation vector q=(2π/αp)(±1/10,1/5,0) and wavelength λ = ∼8.81 A was found to develop, while when the sample was illuminated along the [100] direction, there was no evidence of a transition of the modulated structure. The O K, Cu L2,3 EELS spectra and EDX data suggest that the modulated structure results from an ordered oxygen deficiency and the O vacancies are suggested to be located in the Cu-O plane

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Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0953-2048/18/1360/sust5_10_019.pdf or at the Web site for the journal Superconductor Science and Technology (ISSN 1361-6668) http://www.iop.org/

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Journal Title
Superconductor Science and Technology
Journal Volume
18
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 1360-1364
ISSN
0953-2048
CODEN
SUSTEF