Magnetostriction of REBa2Cu3O7-δ

The magnetostriction (MS) of REBa₂Cu₃O_7– (RE=Y, Nd, Eu, Gd, Ho, Er, Yb) is reported as a function of magnetic field and temperature forH<5 T and 1.5H>1 T. The MS is much larger when the rare earth carries a magnetic moment, as usual, but the volume MS observed with moment carrying REBa₂Cu₃O_7– is larger than that of nonsuperconducting intermetalics. This effect is explained by the shielding currents which are induced by the 4f magnetic moments in the superconducting CuO-lattice. The thermal expansion of GdBa₂Cu₃O_7– shows a large peak at the ordering temperature of 2.2 K in both the superconducting and the nonsuperconducting samples.     

YBa2Cu3O7-δ和PrBa2Cu3O7-δ1/f噪声尺寸效应的研究

我们分别测量了YBa2Cu3O7-δ（YBCO）和PrBa2Cu3O7-δ（PRBCO）微桥样品在正常态沿ab面方向的1/f噪声，发现这两种材料分别存在着数量级为10^1μm和10^2μm的特征尺度，在此尺寸以下，噪声水平急剧下降，即噪声的尺寸效应，我认为这一结果反映出样品是由尺寸为10^0μm的独立小区组成，小尺寸样品噪声表现是这些小区涨落叠加的结果。     

YBa2Cu3O7-δ的低温摩擦学性能

随着超导体的出现,人们一直致力于超导摩擦学的研究,取得了显著的进步,但对其减摩抗磨机理还不清楚。该文利用相关资料,介绍了低温摩擦学的主要研究方法、重点总结了超导转变对高温超导陶瓷YBa2Cu3O7-δ摩擦行为的影响,并探讨了超导摩擦的机理。     

Ni掺杂YBa2Cu3O7-δ的内耗研究

制备了Ｎｉ掺杂浓度为０，０．００２，０．００５，０．０１，０．０２，０．０５，０．１的系列ＹＢａ２Ｃｕ３Ｏ７－δ样品。在液氦至室温范围，采用双端共振簧方法测量了它们在千赫兹范围的内耗。     

NdBa2Cu3O7-δ/YBa2Cu3O7-δ多层膜体系的外延结构和磁通钉扎的研究

采用脉冲激光沉积技术.在单晶SrTiO3基底上外延生长了一系列名义结构为p×(NdBa2Cu3O7-δ(m)/YBazCu3O7-δ(n))的多层膜和准多层膜(单元层NdBa2Cu3O7-δ较厚而YBa2Cu3O7-δ呈非连贯的岛状分布,m,n为激光脉冲数,p为重复周期).样品的超导转变温度在87-91 K范围,具体大小取决于不同的调制结构,多层膜的重复周期越大,层状界面越多,超导转变温度就越低.磁传输测量表明,准多层的样品不仅具有较高的超导转变温度,而且具有较强的磁通钉扎性能,77 K零场下的临界电流密度高达4×106 A/cm2,显示出良好的应用前景.     

Temperature dependence of the Cu(2) NQR line width in YBa2Cu3O7−y

Precision X-ray structural studies were carried out for LiNbO₃:Zn_x single crystals with x=0.0, 2.87, 5.20, and 7.60 at. %. It was found that the insertion of the Zn atoms into the Li position was accompanied by a decrease in the concentration of intrinsic Nb_Li defects. At x=7.6%, the Zn atoms change their locations in the lattice and partially occupy the Nb positions. This clarifies the structural nature of the “threshold” Zn concentration, which manifests itself as singularities in the concentration dependences of various optical properties. The structural origin of the threshold concentration is likely a common feature of all nonphotorefractive impurities (Mg, Zn, In, and Sc) in LiNbO₃. A change in the intrinsic defect structure of the LiNbO₃ crystals with different Zn concentrations is discussed.     

A photoemission study (XPS and UPS) of the superconductor ErBa2Cu4O8 and comparison with YBa2Cu3O7-δ(δ≈0,1)

Core level and valence band photoemission spectra of the 124 superconductor ErBa₂Cu₄O₈ are investigated using MgK , HeI, and HeII radiation and compared with photoemission spectra of orthorhombic YBa₂Cu₃O₇ and tetragonal YBa₂Cu₃O_6.2 samples. It is found that the Cu 2p _3/2 core level and the UPS valence band spectra of ErBa₂Cu₄O₈ and YBa₂Cu₃O₇ are very similar but differ significantly from those of YBa₂Cu₃O_6.2. From the resemblance between the ErBa₂Cu₄O₈ and YBa₂Cu₃O₇ spectra it follows that the electronic structures of these two compounds are closely related in spite of an additional CuO chain in the 124 phase. The differences between the YBa₂Cu₃O_6.2 spectra and the other spectra are explained by the the presence of monovalent copper at the crystallographic Cu(1) sites. The Cu 2p _3/2 lineshapes of the here studied superconductors and some Cu^II compounds are discussed.     

Ferroelastic detwinning of the high-temperature superconductor YBa2Cu3O7-δ

Crystals of YBa₂Cu₃O_7-δ (YBC) were prepared using a flux technique. The as-grown crystals were typically on the order of 200 μm × 200 μm × 50 μm, where the 50 μm dimension is in the c-direction. Ferroelastic behavior was observed by applying a uniaxial stress along the [100]_tet-direction using a specially-designed fixture which was mounted to a programmable hot/cold stage of a polarizing reflected-light microscope. Domain wall motion was observed for temperatures greater than 200°C, and complete poling was accomplished at stresses on the order of 50–100 MPa at temperatures of 350–400°C. An ionic diffusion-activated mechanism is suggested.     

IRREVERSIBILITY LINE AND THERMAL DEPINNING IN YBa2Cu3O7-δ

By measuring magnetic torque moment in a field-sweeping process, the temperature and field dependence of the critical current density j (with a criterion of electric field) and the normalized relaxation rate Q = d lnj/d ln E of a YBa₂Cu₃O_7-δ thin film were obtained. With a minimum current density (j_min = 10A·cm^-2) the irreversibility lines at different sweeping rates were determined. It was found that these irreversibility lines cannot be fitted to either the melting line or the vortex-glass transition. All the data can be interpreted by the thermally-assisted-flux-flow model. Further investigation shows that, at irreversible tem-perature and field, U_c is much smaller than k_BT, which indicates that the thermal depinning is the real origin of the irreversibility line.     

STUDY OF HALOGEN DOPING IN POLYCRYSTALLINE YBa2Cu3O7-δ

This paper presents systematically the doping effects of halogens in YBa₂Cu₃O_7-δ polycrystalline samples, with a series of concentrations of fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine. All samples were prepared by chemical method of citrate pyrolysis, which makes the halogen concentration in the samples more uniform. Samples doped with F have T_c as high as 94.5K, Cl, Br and I dopings also raise T_c to a certain extent. In addition, the influence of halogen doping on critical current density, morphology, constitution and so forth is discussed.     

REBa2Cu3O7-δ晶体生长和REO1.5-BaO-CuOx相图

REO1.5-BaO-CuOx系统的氧化物超导体从材料成分的角度,可分为REBa2Cu3O7-δ化合物(如YBa2Cu3O7-δ,简称YBCO或Y123)和RE1+xBa2-xCu3O7-δ固溶体(如Nd1+xBa2-xCu3O7-δ和Sm1+xBa2-xCu3O7-δ,简称NdBCOss和SmBCOss).YBCO超导材料非常容易获得精确化学计量比的123成分.而后者,作为固溶体材料的NdBCOss和SmBCOss,成分、结构和性能完全取决于晶体生长的热力学参数.本研究通过提拉法研制REBa2Cu3O7-δ单晶体,并结合REO1.5-BaO-CuOx系统的三元相图特征,讨论REBa2Cu3O7-δ单晶体生长中的成分、结构和性能的控制.     

Infrared phonon spectra of 3d-metal doped YBa2(Cu1-x M x )3O7-δ

Infrared (IR) absorption spectra of doped YBa₂(Cu_1–x M _x )₃O_7–, with M representing Co, Fe, Ni, and Zn were observed as a function of concentrationx. TheB _1u IR mode at 580 cm^–1 was observed for all samples which were in the orthorhombic phase, which includes all the Ni and Zn doped samples and the lower concentrations (x<2.5%) for Fe and Co samples. The tetragonal phase of Co and Fe systems (x%>2.5%) shows three new IR modes at 655 cm^–1, 340 cm^–1, and 175 cm^–1. The frequency of the B_1u mode at 580 cm^–1 remains unchanged for all the Ni and Zn concentrations. In contrast, this mode shows a strong monotonic frequency softening with increase in Co substitution, while in the Fe-system it shows a comparable monotonic mode softening for 3%x%0%, and then remains unchanged for 12%x%3%. These observations indicate that Fe and Co substitute on the Cu(1) sites, whereas Ni and Zn most likely substitute on Cu(2) sites. We attribute the difference in the mode softening for Co and Fe to different Cu(1) local environments for these two elements. Indication for a chain-plane charge transfer based on our results is also discussed.     

Influence of Y2Cu2O5 nanoparticles doping on superconducting properties of YBa2Cu3O7-δ

ABSTRACT

The blue phase of YBa₂Cu₃O_{7- δ} (YBCO) family, Y₂Cu₂O₅ (Y202) nanoparticles were prepared and doped into (YBCO) superconductor and the effect of doping on critical current density and critical temperature was investigated. Y202 nanoparticles with particle sizes of 47, 107 and 206?nm were prepared by a sol–gel combustion method and added into the YBCO superconductor by 0.5–2?wt.%. XRD and scanning electron microscope measurements were used to characterize the samples. The measurement of critical current density at 77?K revealed that the doped superconductors had larger critical current density compared to the undoped superconductors. For a fixed dopant concentration, by increasing the size of nanoparticles, the J_c was increased. For the samples including 0.5?wt.% of nanoadditives, J_c was higher. The highest critical current density of 137?A/cm² was measured for the superconductors containing 0.5?wt.% of 206?nm Y202 nanoparticles. Also, by increasing the nanoparticles concentration, the T_c was reduced.     

POSITRON LIFETIME STUDIES OF Y1-xCaxBa2Cu3O7-δ AND Y1-xCaxBa2Cu3-xFexO7-δ

In this paper it is reported that the measurement of the bulk positron lifetime as a function of substitution content x in the temperature range from 70 to 220K was performed in two high-T_c superconducting systems, Y_1-xCa_xBa₂Cu_3-xFe_xO_7-δ and Y_1-xCa_xBa₂Cu₃O_7-δ. It was found that τ_B of both systems decreases significantly with x and the temperature dependence of τ_B is very weak in normal state. In lower temperature region (Tc), a dramatic x-dependent temperature variation of τ_B was observed in the Ca-substituted system: from a decrease of τ_B with decreasing T to an increase of τ_B. With increasing x, the temperature dependence of τ_B remains weak in the Ca- and Fe- substituted systems. Compared with the experimental data of positron lifetime in other substituted systems and the calculation of the positron density distribution, the authors suggest that positron bulk lifetime spectra behaviour can be interpreted by the physical model based on the transfer of electron density between the CuO₂ planes and Cu-O chains. Therefore, the study of positron lifetime spectra provides a useful means to detect the local charge density and to study the correlation between the electronic structure and the high-T_c superconductivity.     

Local electronic structure of Cu2O,CuO and YBa2Cu3O7−δ

Cu 3d and O 2p electronic states of Cu₂O, CuO, and the highT _c compound YBa₂Cu₃O_7– have been probed by means of high resolution x-ray emission spectroscopy (XES). The CuL and OK XES bands are compared in detail with recently reported x-ray photoelectron and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS and UPS) measurements and densities of states obtained by local density functional (LDF) theory. The XES data show that the hybridization between Cu 3d and O 2p states is completely modified in CuO and YBa₂Cu₃O_7–, whered-d correlation energy is large, as compared to LDF predictions. Such is not the case for Cu₂O where agreement between theory and experiment is good.The Cu 3d states are found to be highly localized in YBa₂Cu₃O_7– (though less so than in CuO). The O 2p states lie at lower binding energies than in the simpler oxides and are mainly situated above the Cu 3d states. The respective positions of the centre of gravity of the OK emission bands on an x-ray energy scale indicate that the oxygen sites are less well screened by the O 2p states in the highT _c compound. This provides indirect evidence for the presence ofd-like states at the oxygen sites.     

Electrical and magnetic properties of Gd(Ba2-xLax)Cu3O7+δ

We have studied the structural, electrical, and magnetic properties of the normal and superconducting states Gd(Ba2-xLax)Cu3O7+ [Gd(BaLa)123] samples with 0.0 x 0.8 prepared by the standard solid-state reaction. XRD characterization shows an orthorhombic-tetragonal structural transition at x=0.2. Iodometric titration analysis shows the oxygen content of the samples increase with the increase of La doping. The resistivity curves show that for x0.15, there is metallic behavior, and for x0.2, there is a gradual insulating transition behavior in the normal state. The metal-insulator and superconductor-insulator transitions occur between x=0.35 and x=0.4. The superconducting transition temperature decreases with the increase of La content as two-step curve. The normal-state resistivity is fitted for two and three dimensional variable range hopping (2D&3D-VRH) and Coulomb gap (CG) regimes, separately. The results show that the dominant mechanism is CG for x0.35, and VRH for x0.4. The pinning energy U, derived from the thermally activated flux creep (TAFC) model and Ambegaokar-Halperin (AH) theory, shows a power-law relation as UH -. The critical current density decreases with the increase of La doping and magnetic field. The E-J curves show that the induced electric field increases with the increase of magnetic field and La concentration. The magnetization measurements indicate that the critical penetration fields and magnetic current density decrease with La doping.     

掺硅YBa2Cu3O7—δ的性质

介绍掺硅对YBCO超导态及正常态性质的影响。在所研究的掺硅浓度范围内发现电阻温度转变曲线有二次转变台阶。     

YBa2Cu3O7—δ中的元素替代效应

高临界温度氧化物超导体的发现,对超导电性研究领域、凝聚态物理、以至整个物理学和其它相关学科、高新技术的发展,已经并正在继续产生着深远的影响。高温超导体中元素替代研究有着其特殊的意义。例如,通过元素替代,已发现了多种结构类型的几十种新的高温氧化物超导