Published September 1, 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

Observation of an oxygen isotope effect in superconducting (Y1-xPrx)Ba2Cu3O7-δ

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta (Canada)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia (Canada)
  • 3. Institute for Microstructural Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario (Canada)

Description

The oxygen isotope effect was studied in the system (Y1-xPrx)Ba2Cu3O7-δ for x=0.2, 0.3, 0.4, and 0.5. It is found that the oxygen isotope exponent α increases with increasing x and therefore decreasing transition temperature Tc. For the highest Pr concentrations α tends toward α=0.5. The value of the isotope exponent depends on the concentration of mobile holes. The lower this concentration is, the larger becomes the isotope exponent

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Journal Title
Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
44
Journal Issue
10
Series
Phys. Rev., B: Condens. Matter.
Journal Page Range
5318-5321
ISSN
0163-1829
CODEN
PRBMD