Published 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Magnetoresistivity and upper critical field in superconductor Mo3Sb7

  • 1. W. Trzebiatowski Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, PO Box 1410, 50-950 Wroclaw (Poland)
  • 2. Institute of Solid State Physics, Vienna University of Technology, A-1090 Wien (Australia)
  • 3. National Institute of Materials Physics, RO-77125 Magurele (Romania)
  • 4. Laboratory for Solid State Physics, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich (Switzerland)

Description

Magnetotransport data on a single crystal of the superconducting Mo3Sb7 are reported for temperatures down to 0.4 K and in magnetic fields up to 12 T. The magnetoresistance data are analyzed in terms of the Ginzburg-Landau fluctuation theory. From the experimental data the upper critical field Hc2(0) and Ginzburg-Landau coherent length ξ(0) are determined to be ∼ 2.3 T and 12 nm, respectively. The Hc2(0) value agrees with that inferred from the Werthamer, Helfand, Hohenberg, and Maki theories for conventional type-II superconductors. (author)

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Journal Title
Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials
Journal Volume
10
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 1630-1632
ISSN
1454-4164