Published December 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Irreversibility line and anisotropy of SmBa2Cu3O7-δ with varying oxygen content

  • 1. TU Vienna, Institute of Atomic and Subatomic Physics, 1020 Vienna (Austria)
  • 2. Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotnikow 32/46, PL 02-668 Warsaw (Poland)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240 (China)
  • 4. Laboratory for Developments and Methods, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen PSI (Switzerland)

Description

We report on magnetization and torque measurements of SmBa2Cu3O7-δ (Sm123) single crystals with an oxygen content 7-δ=6.60,6.70and6.78. The anisotropy increases from 40.1 ± 0.4 to 56.4 ± 0.7 with decreasing oxygen content from 6.78 to 6.70. The crossover field, Hcr, where the irreversibility line changes slope, is lowered for crystal with a lower oxygen content. The Hcr values are higher for Sm123 than for YBa2Cu3O7-δ (Y123) single crystals. The anisotropy dependence on the oxygen content is compared to that of Y123.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2009.10.150

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physc.2009.10.150;
PII
S0921-4534(09)00708-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica. C, Superconductivity
Journal Volume
470
Journal Issue
Suppl.1
Journal Page Range
p. S217-S218
ISSN
0921-4534
CODEN
PHYCE6

Conference

Title
9. international conference on materials and mechanisms of superconductivity
Dates
7-12 Sep 2009
Place
Tokyo (Japan)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42069055
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ANISOTROPY; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; EFFECTIVE MASS; MAGNETIZATION; MONOCRYSTALS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; SAMARIUM COMPOUNDS
Descriptors DEC
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALS; ELEMENTS; MASS; NONMETALS; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS

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