Published May 1, 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Quasi-two-dimensional phase fluctuations in bulk superconducting YBa2Cu3O7 single crystals

  • 1. IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598

Description

A detailed study of the electrical transport properties in high-quality bulk single crystals YBa2Cu3O7 has manifested a Kosterlitz-Thouless (K-T)--type transition in the ab plane 0.2 K below the mean-field superconducting transition (T/sub c/0 = 93.15 K). The c-axis correlation length l/sub c/(T = 0)≅6 A and a large two-dimensional effective mass (m/sub a//sub b//sup *//m/sub e//similar to/10) of the supercarrier are estimated based on the K-T theory. The large effective mass suggests strong electron-electron correlations for the supercarriers confined in a quasi-two-dimensional sheet

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Journal Title
Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
39
Journal Issue
13
Series
Phys. Rev., B: Condens. Matter.
Journal Page Range
9708-9711
ISSN
0163-1829
CODEN
PRBMD