Published September 1, 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

Evidence of current-noise hysteresis in superconducting YBa2Cu3O7-δ specimens in a magnetic field

  • 1. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Universita di Genova, Genova (Italy)
  • 2. Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale ''Galileo Ferraris,'' Torino (Italy)
  • 3. Dipartimento di Fisica del Politecnico, Torino (Italy)

Description

Current noise observed on YBa2Cu3O7-δ ceramic superconductors, brought to a resistive state by the application of a magnetic field, is shown to be very different in amplitude when the same resistance value is obtained by either increasing or decreasing the field. A tentative explanation of this hysteretic effect on current noise in terms of a model of superconducting islands separated by resistive, noise-generating boundaries, whose structure is hysteretically field dependent, is reported. The possibility of using the noise to get information on the internal structure of the ''strong'' and ''weak'' superconducting regions is suggested

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Journal Title
Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
44
Journal Issue
10
Series
Phys. Rev., B: Condens. Matter.
Journal Page Range
5366-5368
ISSN
0163-1829
CODEN
PRBMD