提高YBCO块材在外磁场中悬浮力

本给出了三种提高YBCO块材在外磁场中悬浮力的方法．第一种方法是增强外磁场，对于此方法，本研究了一块直径为30mm的圆柱状YBCO块材分别在圆柱状NdFeB永磁体和NdFeB永磁导轨上的悬浮力．测量结果表明在77K温度下YBCO块在圆柱状NdFeB永磁体上的最大悬浮力为50N，在NdFeB永磁导轨上的最大悬浮力为103．ON．第二种方法是提高YBCO块材自身的性能，包括临界电流密度、俘获磁通和块材尺寸，对于此方法，本仅研究了块材尺寸对悬浮力的影响．三块直径分别为30mm、35mm、40mm的圆柱状YBC0块材在NdFeB永磁导轨上的悬浮力被测量，77K温度下5mm悬浮间距时的悬浮力分别为103．ON、134．5N、175．ON．第三方法是将YBCO块材变成准永久磁体，此种情况下，直径为40mm的圆柱状YBCO块材在77K温度下5mm悬浮间距时的悬浮力高达218．3N．     

Effective method to control the levitation force and levitation height in a superconducting maglev system

The influence of the width of the middle magnet in the permanent magnet guideways(PMGs) on the levitation force and the levitation height of single-domain yttrium barium copper oxide(YBCO) bulks has been investigated at 77 K under the zero field cooled(ZFC) state. It is found that the largest levitation force can be obtained in the system with the width of the middle magnet of the PMG equal to the size of the YBCO bulk when the gap between the YBCO bulk and PMG is small.Both larger levitation force and higher levitation height can be obtained in the system with the width of the middle magnet of the PMG larger than the size of the YBCO bulk. The stiffness of the levitation force between the PMG and the YBCO bulk is higher in the system with a smaller width of the middle magnet in the PMG. These results provide an effective way to control the levitation force and the levitation height for the superconducting maglev design and applications.     

Total suppression of superconductivity by high magnetic fields in YBa(2)Cu(3)O(6.6)

We have studied the variation of transverse magnetoresistance of underdoped YBCO(6.6) crystals, either pure or with reduced T(c) down to 3.5 K by electron irradiation, in fields up to 60 T. We find evidence that the superconducting fluctuation contribution to the conductivity is suppressed only above a threshold field H(c)'(T), which is found to vanish at T(c)' > T(c). In the pure YBCO(6.6) sample, H(c)' is already 50 T at T(c). We find that increasing disorder weakly depresses H(c)'(0), T(c)', and T(nu), the onset of the Nernst signal. Thus, these energy scales appear more characteristic of the 2D local pairing than the pseudogap temperature which is not modified by disorder.     

YBa_2Cu_3O_(7-δ)高温超导膜的Raman标定

ＹＢａ２Ｃｕ３Ｏ７－δ高温超导膜的Ｒａｍａｎ标定张鹏翔１，２，Ｈ．－Ｕ．ＨＡＢＥＲＭＥＩＥＲ２，Ｍ．Ｃａｒｄｏｎａ２（１云南工业大学材料科学与工程系昆明云南６５００５１中国）（２Ｍａｘ－Ｐｌａｕｄ－ＩｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｆüｒＦｅｓｔｋｏｒｐｅｒｆｏｒｓｃ...     

圆极化高温超导微带天线阵

一个用于直接广播卫星(DBS)系统的圆极化和单一馈电网络的四单元高温超导微带天线阵,被设计和制造在一个0.5毫米厚的氧化镁衬底上,中心频率是12.2GHz。为了比较,一个天线是采用金膜制造的,另一个是采用超导薄膜钇钡铜氧(YBCO)制造的。为了提高圆极化阵的轴比特性,运用连续旋转的技术。效率、方向性、回波损耗和带宽分别在室温和液氮温度下被测试。采用超导薄膜钇钡铜氧(YBCO)制造的阵表现很好的圆极化特性,并且在温度为77K下时的增益比室温时的金膜天线阵大1.64dB。在谐振频率12.24GHz时回馈损耗为-30.6dB并且总的有效带宽大约为3.52%。这个结果显示当高温超导体用于微带天线阵时,能提高天线阵的效率。     

Detection of faceting on (hk0) surfaces of thin gold films by diffraction in the electron microscope at 100 kV

A series of single crystal thin films of gold with (hk0) surfaces ranging between (100) and (310), grown by vapor deposition, was studied in transmission in the electron microscope at 100 kV. For specimens intermediate between (100) and (310) both bright and dark field images contained line structure running parallel to [001]. In certain cases segments were observed lying at 45° and 90° to these lines. Diffraction patterns from these specimens revealed relrods at each reciprocal lattice point running parallel to [100] and [310]. In certain cases [301] and [301?] relrods were also present. No line structure or relrods were detectable for the specimens with (100) or (310) surfaces. The results are consistent with a model in which the (100) and (310) surfaces are essentially flat but surfaces with intermediate orientations consist of appropriate mixtures of (100) and (310) facets plus (301) and (301?) facets in certain cases. The line structure in the images is attributed to “thickness contrast” arising from variations in the specimen thickness due to the facets. The relrods are well explained by the specimen form factor as originally proposed by von Laue. The results prove that faceted structures on thin film surfaces can be conveniently and systematically studied under certain conditions by conventional transmission electron microscopy at 100 kV.     

Faceting of copper (10,10) and (510) surfaces under lead adsorption: A LEED-AES study

Low-energy electron diffraction and Auger electron spectroscopy have been used to examine the deposition of (sub)monolayer quantities of lead onto (10,10) and (510) copper surfaces. Faceting into (100) and more complex facets is observed at ambient temperature. For the (10,10) crystal, (210), (710) and (510) facet orientations are successively identified with increasing lead coverage. For the (510) crystal, decomposition into (210) and (100) facets is followed by restoration of the initial macroscopic (510) orientation. These results are discussed in terms of the correlation between the terrace width of the observed facets and the adsorbate superstructure on the corresponding low-index plane. It is shown that the orientations stabilised at monolayer coverage cannot be entirely explained by such a correlation but the whole succession of adsorption induced facets must be taken into account.     

Scanning tunneling spectroscopy of Bi(2)Sr(2)CuO(6+delta): new evidence for the common origin of the pseudogap and superconductivity

Using scanning tunneling spectroscopy, we investigated the temperature dependence of the quasiparticle density of states of overdoped Bi(2)Sr(2)CuO(6+delta) between 275 mK and 82 K. Below T(c) = 10 K, the spectra show a gap with well-defined coherence peaks at +/-Delta(p) approximately 12 meV, which disappear at T(c). Above T(c), the spectra display a clear pseudogap of the same magnitude, gradually filling up and vanishing at T(*) approximately 68 K. The comparison with Bi(2)Sr(2)CaCu(2)O(8+delta) demonstrates that the pseudogap and the superconducting gap scale with each other, providing strong evidence that they have a common origin.     

Strongly enhanced flux pinning in the YBa_2Cu_3O_(7-X) films with the co-doping of Ba TiO_3 nanorod and Y_2O_3 nanoparticles at 65 K

YBa2Cu3O7-x(YBCO) films with co-doping BaTiO3(BTO) and Y2O3 nanostructures were prepared by metal organic deposition using trifluoroacetates(TFA-MOD). The properties of the BTO/Y2O3co-doped YBCO films with different excess yttrium have been systematically studied by x-ray diffraction(XRD), Raman spectra, and scanning electron microscope(SEM). The optimized content of yttrium excess in the BTO/Y2O3co-doped YBCO films is 10 mol.%, and the critical current density is as high as ~ 17 mA/cm2(self-field, 65 K) by the magnetic signal. In addition, the Y2Cu2O5 was formed when the content of yttrium excess increases to 24 mol.%, which may result in the deterioration of the superconducting properties and the microstructure. The unique combination of the different types of nanostructures of BTO and Y2O3 in the doped YBCO films, compared with the pure YBCO films and BTO doped YBCO films, enhances the critical current density(JC) not only at the self-magnetic field, but also in the applied magnetic field.     

Landau quantization effects in the charge-density-wave system (Per)2M(mnt)2 (where M = Au and Pt)

A finite transfer integral t(a) orthogonal to the conducting chains of a highly one-dimensional metal gives rise to empty and filled bands that simulate an indirect-gap semiconductor upon formation of a charge-density wave (CDW). In contrast to semiconductors such as Ge and Si with band gaps approximately 1 eV, the CDW system possesses an indirect gap with a greatly reduced energy scale, enabling moderate laboratory magnetic fields to have a major effect. The consequent variation of the thermodynamic gap with magnetic field due to Zeeman splitting and Landau quantization enables the electronic band structure parameters (transfer integrals, Fermi velocity) to be determined accurately. These parameters reveal the orbital quantization limit to be reached at approximately 20 T in (Per)2M(mnt)(2) salts, making them highly unlikely candidates for a recently proposed cascade of field-induced CDW states.     

YBCO高温超导块悬浮力性能研究

本文利用排布在液氮低温容器底部的多块超导块以测试其悬浮特性.结果表明:YBCO块材在永磁导轨上的悬浮力与二者间距的变化过程有关;不同的变化过程会在相同的悬浮间隙位置得到不同的悬浮力.这一研究结果对磁悬浮列车的优化设计有着重要的意义.     

Far-infrared spectra of imperfect YBaCuO films on Si substrates

We have measured the far-infrared (FIR) transmittance of low conductivity, imperfect YBCO films deposited on Si, at both 300 K and 20 K. Test reflectance measurements were also performed at room temperature. Our aim was both to study YBCO phonons by transmission measurements and to check if FIR spectra of imperfect YBCO films can be described in the framework of the BCS theory. In order to describe our measurements, we provide exact expressions for both transmittance and reflectance, averaged with respect to the interference fringes of the substrate. By modelling the complex dielectric constant of the film, we then study the YBCO phonons which are evident in the measured spectra. The comparison between spectra of normal and superconducting phases shows that the superconducting transition affects our spectra only at very low frequencies. By considering a two fluid model in which only a small fraction of electrons becomes superconducting and by assuming an energy gap of the order of 130 cm⁻¹, we find that our data can be explained in terms of the Mattis-Bardeen theory.     

Surface structure of GaAs(211)

The atomic structures of the two inequivalent (211) surfaces of GaAs have been investigated by LEED. Both surfaces, prepared by etching and heat-cleaning or ion-sputtering and annealing, are unstable and develop large (110) facets which exhibit the atomic geometry of the (110) GaAs surface. These facets entirely cover the surface. Three sets of facets, making 30°, 30° and 54° angles with the (211) plane, are detected on one surface. Only two sets, making 30° angles with the (211) plane, are detected on the other. The reasons for this difference are not understood at this time. The LEED study of Si(211) and Ge(211) shows that the Si surface is flat whereas the Ge surface exhibits reconstructed (311) facets. The structural difference between the (211) surfaces of GaAs and Ge and the facetting of the compound are invoked to explain the problems encountered in the MBE growth of GaAs on Ge(211).     

Temperature-dependent fermi gap opening in the c(6x4)-C60/Ag(100) two-dimensional superstructure

High-resolution angle-integrated photoemission of one monolayer of C (60) chemisorbed on Ag(100) shows the reversible opening of a gap at the Fermi level at temperatures 25< or =T< or =300 K. The gap reaches a maximum value of approximately 10 meV at T< or =70 K. This finding is the first evidence of an electronic phase transition in C60 monolayers and has implications on the ongoing debate about surface superconductivity in C60-based bulk materials.     

Evidence for two energy scales in the superconducting state of optimally doped (Bi,Pb)2(Sr,La)2CuO6+delta

We use angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy to investigate the energy gap(s) in (Bi,Pb)2(Sr,La)2CuO6+delta. We find that the spectral gap has two components in the superconducting state: a superconducting gap and pseudogap. Differences in their momentum and temperature dependence suggest that they represent two separate energy scales. Spectra near the node reveal a sharp peak with a small gap below T(c) that closes at T(c). Near the antinode, spectra are broad with a large energy gap of approximately 40 meV above and below T(c). The latter spectral shape and gap magnitude are almost constant across T(c), indicating that the pseudogap state coexists with the superconducting state below T(c), and it dominates spectra around the antinode. We speculate that the pseudogap state competes with the superconductivity by diminishing spectral weight in antinodal regions, where the superconducting gap is largest.     

Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering study of charge excitations in La(2)CuO(4)

We report a resonant inelastic x-ray scattering study of the dispersion relations of charge-transfer excitations in insulating La(2)CuO(4).. These data reveal two peaks, both of which show two-dimensional characteristics. The lowest energy excitation has a gap energy of approximately 2.2 eV at the zone enter, and a dispersion of approximately 1 eV. The spectral weight of this mode becomes dramatically smaller around (pi, pi). The second peak shows a smaller dispersion ( approximately 0.5 eV) with a zone-center energy of approximately 3.9 eV. We argue that these are both highly dispersive exciton modes damped by the presence of the electron-hole continuum.     

Confined Shockley surface states on the (111) facets of gold clusters

Combining low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy with high-resolution ultraviolet photoemission, we have revealed a confined Shockley surface state on the (111) facets of gold clusters with about N=10(4) atoms grown in nanopits on highly oriented graphite. With tunneling spectroscopy, we observed energy dependent nodal patterns in the dI/dV maps, which are in quantitative agreement with the two-dimensional confinement of the surface state within the hexagonal facet area. The results indicate that the lattice of the ionic cores influences the electronic properties of the clusters significantly.     

Evidence for surface Andreev bound states in cuprate superconductors from penetration depth measurements

Tunneling and theoretical studies have suggested that Andreev bound states form at certain surfaces of unconventional superconductors. Through studies of the temperature and field dependence of the in-plane magnetic penetration depth lambda(ab) at low temperature, we have found strong evidence for the presence of these states in clean single crystal YBCO and BSCCO. Crystals cut to expose (110) surfaces show a strong upturn in lambda(ab) at around 7 K, when the field is oriented along the c axis. In YBCO this upturn is completely suppressed by a field of approximately 0.1 T.     

Dispersion of magnetic excitations in optimally doped superconducting YBa2Cu3O6.95

Detailed neutron scattering measurements of YBa2Cu3O6.95 found that the resonance peak and incommensurate magnetic scattering induced by superconductivity represent the same physical phenomenon: two dispersive branches that converge near 41 meV and the in-plane wave vector q(AF)=(pi/a,pi/a) to form the resonance peak. One branch has a circular symmetry around q(AF) and quadratic downward dispersion from approximately 41 meV to the spin gap of 33+/-1 meV. The other, of lower intensity, disperses from approximately 41 meV to at least 55 meV. Our results exclude a quartet of vertical incommensurate rods in q-omega space expected from spin waves produced by dynamical charge stripes as an origin of the observed incommensurate scattering in optimally doped YBCO.     

Nucleation of Polypropylene Crystallization with Gold Nanoparticles. Part 2: Relation between Particle Morphology and Nucleation Activity

The influence of gold nanoparticle morphology on nucleation of isotactic polypropylene (PP) crystallization was investigated. Previous experiments indicated certain nucleation activity of gold nanoparticles, varying with their size. In this work, eight types of gold micro/nanoparticles were used: vacuum-sputtered nanostructures (nanoparticles, nanoislands, and nanolayers), chemically prepared isometric gold nanocrystals (5, 20, and 100 nm diameters), and two types of gold microcrystals with well-developed crystal facets [with (100) and (111) facets, respectively]. To minimize the effect of particle agglomeration, we used our recently introduced sandwich method, in which the nucleating agent was deposited between thin PP films and the nucleation was evaluated by polarized light microscopy (PLM), X-ray scattering (WAXS), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The nucleation activity of Au particles in PP was lower than it might be expected from the previous studies and depended on their morphology. The nucleation activity of Au microcrystals with well-developed facets was higher than the activity of non-faceted Au nanocrystals.