Published September 1993 | Version v1
Journal article

Suppression of superconductivity in the (Er1-x-yPrxCay)Ba2Cu3O7-δ (O<or=(x, y)<or= 0.3) system

  • 1. Dept. of Phys., Saurashtra Univ., Rajkot (India)

Description

Pr- and Ca-substituted (Er1-x-yPrxCay)Ba2Cu3O7-δ superconductors have been prepared under identical conditions and characterized according to resistivity and AC susceptibility measurements. The observed reduction of Tc with x in (Er1-xPrx)Ba2Cu3O6.90 for 0<or=x<or=0.3 can be described by an empirical relation which incorporates the filling (or localization) of mobile holes in the CuO2 planes and magnetic pair breaking by local moments. In a similar way, the observed lowering of Tc with increasing y in (Er1-yCay)Ba2Cu3O7-δ provides convincing evidence that superconducting electron pair breaking and hole doping are responsible for the suppression of superconductivity by Ca. (author)

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Journal Title
Superconductor Science and Technology (Online)
Journal Volume
6
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
p. 678-684
ISSN
1361-6668

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Refs; This record replaces 31048745