Published December 17, 1990 | Version v1
Journal article

Double-peak superconducting transition in granular L-M-Cu-O(L=Pr,Nd,Sm,Eu,D; M=Ce,Th) superconductors

  • 1. Laboratoire Louis Neel, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, avenue des Martyrs, 166X 38042 Grenoble CEDEX (France)

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An unusual form of superconducting transition has been observed in some of the superconducting compounds L2-xMxCuO4-y (L=Pr,Nd,Sm,Eu; M=Ce,Th) under low magnetic fields. When the temperature is reduced below the critical one, the sample's resistance first increases, then drops to a nonzero value, increases again, and finally decreases at low temperature, creating a characteristic double-peak transition. The behavior is explained in terms of intra- and intergranular superconducting transitions

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
65
Journal Issue
26
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
3201-3204
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTA