Published November 1, 1990 | Version v1
Journal article

Positron-annihilation study of oxygen-deficient YBa2Cu3Ox (6.3<x<6.9)

  • 1. Department of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan (People's Republic of China)
  • 2. Department of Solid State Electronics, Huazhong University of Science Technology, Wuhan (People's Republic of China)

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We have measured the positron-lifetime spectra of oxygen-deficient YBa2Cu3Ox for 6.3<x<6.9. It is found that the lifetime parameters τm, τ1, τ2, and I2 have a significant oxygen-content dependence. It is suggested that there are many kinds of positron states in polycrystalline YBa2Cu3Ox, the disordering of O(1) vacancies strongly affects positron lifetime, and with gradually decreasing x the average electronic density decreases and the configuration and/or the charge states of the oxygen vacancies change in the region containing Cu(1)-O(1) chains

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Journal Title
Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
42
Journal Issue
13
Series
Phys. Rev., B: Condens. Matter.
Journal Page Range
8078-8080
ISSN
0163-1829
CODEN
PRBMD