Published March 31, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Influence of structural changes induced by co-doping in YBCO on superconductivity

  • 1. Materials Physics Laboratory, State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, Department of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871 (China)

Description

The single-phase samples of Y1-xCaxBa2-xLaxCu3Oy (YCBLCO) were synthesized with x<0.2 and characterized by DC magnetization measurement and x-ray diffraction (XRD). The structure of the samples was refined by the Rietveld method. Although the carrier concentration in the samples is constant for different dopant levels, the superconductivity evidently changes. We attribute the decrease in Tc to charge redistribution in the crystalline lattice. Comparing the change of the Tc value caused by structural influences and carrier concentration, it is suggested that the influence of structural changes on the superconductivity is independent of that induced by carrier concentration

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/16/2065/cm4_12_015.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter (ISSN 1361-648X) http://www.iop.org/

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
16
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 2065-2070
ISSN
0953-8984
CODEN
JCOMEL