Effects of Cooper pair tunneling on the electronic structure of trilayer cuprate superconductors

Recent angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) experiment on the optimally doped trilayer cuprate superconductors Bi2223 has revealed a layer variation of both doping density and d-wave gap. In particular, the two outer layers are overdoped with a gap which is larger than the gap for optimally doped single layer cuprates while the inner layer is underdoped with an even larger gap. Here we propose a minimal model composed of three layer t-J Hamiltonian, single particle interlayer tunneling as well as Cooper pair tunneling terms. By using renormalized mean field method, we study the superconducting order parameters and their dependence of tunneling parameters. Some relevant physical quantities have been calculated. Both tunneling effects influence the electronic structure of the trilayer system and their cooperative action may qualitatively explain the ARPES results.     

Effect of granularity and inhomogeneity in excess conductivity of YBa2Cu3O7−δ+xBaTiO3 superconductor

Synthesis of polycrystalline YBCO+xBaTiO₃ (x=1.0, 2.5, 5.0) superconductor has been done and the effects of granularity and inhomogeneities due to inclusions of nano-BaTiO₃ in excess conductivity are reported in this work. The phase formation, texture and grain alignments were analyzed through XRD and SEM techniques. SEM results reveal that the grain size is reduced and morphology is improved with the incorporation of nano-BaTiO₃ particles. Superconducting order parameter fluctuation (SCOPF) studies on the electrical conductivity were investigated from the resistivity vs. temperature data in the experimental domain relatively above T_c. Log(Δσ) vs. log(ε) plots show that the 2D to 3D crossover temperature (T_LD) that demarcates dimensional nature of fluctuation inside the grains is influenced by BaTiO₃ incorporation in YBCO matrix. An upward shift of T_LD in the mean field region has been observed as a consequent dominance of 3D region with increase in 1 wt% BaTiO₃ in the composites as compared to higher inclusions. It has been analyzed that microscopic inhomogeneities produced as a result of diffusion of a fraction of Ti ions into the grains affect fluctuations in the excess conductive region. The interplay of microscopic inhomogeneities produced inside the grains and mesoscopic inhomogeneities in the grain boundaries on the excess conductivity has been explained in terms of thermal fluctuations for the composites.     

高温超导飞轮储能演示实验

利用准单畴高温超导块材的磁悬浮特性,自制了开放性演示实验室或课堂教学所用的超导飞轮储能演示实验装置.电机驱动磁悬浮飞轮高速旋转,切断电源后因磁悬浮摩擦损耗极小能量得以储存下来.用电磁感应将磁悬浮飞轮的转动动能转换为电能,持续点亮LED发光管.该实验装置,能直观展示超导磁悬浮飞轮储能现象,可用于超导和能源相关课程的配套实验或课堂演示.     

Effect of bond length and radius on superconducting transition temperature for FeAs-based superconductors

By comparing the data of lattice parameters of more than 50 new FeAs-based high temperature superconductors in two syetems, the effect of bondlength on superconducting transition temperature (T C ) was found that, for both FeAs superconductor systems with similar ionic radii of cation A, the bond length L As-A between Arsenic atom and its nearest neighbor cation at the A site is in an inverse proportion to T C , i.e. the larger the bond length L As-A , the lower the T C . In addition, we also found a notice...     

The superconductor system of 2H-Tantalum disulfide intercalated with polyglycine

It was hypothesized that the formation of polypeptide bonds inside a lamellar superconducting compound such as 2H-TaS₂ could enhance the superconducting transition temperature. The preparation of tantalum disulfide intercalated with polyglycine is described. The intercalated systems were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetric analysis. Superconducting transition temperatures were also measured. The results show that the system 2H-TaS₂/polyglycine does not have a more favourableT _cvalue than 2H-TaS₂/glycine.     

Unconventional consideration of the symmetry properties—New techniques and computer codes: Application for high‐temperature superconductors

The conventional technique for solving the equations of quantum chemistry is extended to the structures possessing certain symmetries. This proposal allows the release of unoccupied electronic states located lower than the ground‐state Fermi level of a specific system. Such states can be treated as “spectral holes.” Application of this technique, in particular, when calculating the electronic structure of the high‐temperature superconductor (HTSC) compound YBa₂Cu₃O_{7? δ} (0 ≤ δ ≤ 1) results in the following. For all versions of the examined charge distributions over a crystal lattice, spectral holes of high spatial localization are found. The “spatial spectral holes” are located mainly at the p_y‐orbitals of the apex oxygens. These orbitals overlap and form linear chains that are parallel to the known Cu(1)? O chains, disappearing when δ is close to 1. One can suppose that the linear chains of the overlapping hole states form a “superconducting channel.” Some other parameters closely related to the critical characteristics of HTSC materials are also calculated. The calculations show that the superconducting channel is broken when the oxygen chain atoms O(1) are removed (δ > 0). © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2002     

Tl系列超导体中掺F研究

Ｔｌ系列超导体中掺Ｆ研究周鼎元（上海闸北教育学院，上海２０００７０）徐昌华（上海工业大学，上海２０００７２）陈敏（上海市长城电子工业公司，上海）关键词％Ｔｌ系超导体，掺Ｆ在ＲＢａ。Ｃｕ。Ｏｘ中掺加Ｆ的研究已有不少报逍（”．本文研究在ＴＩ系列超导体中掺...     

空气气氛下熔盐法合成β-FeSe

使用传统方法制备β-FeSe铁基超导体需要隔绝空气的真空条件,反应温度通常超过800oC.本文采用LiCl/NaCl/KCl熔盐法在空气条件下得到β-FeSe铁基超导体.制备过程简单,不需要在真空条件下封管处理,熔盐的使用有效降低了反应温度,并阻止反应物和产物在空气中氧化.粉末X射线衍射和Rietveld分析结果表明产物纯度较高.电性和磁性测试表明β-FeSe在8 K附近有超导性出现.     

铁系后过渡金属催化剂/不同铝氧烷体系制备具有双峰分子量分布的聚乙烯

分子量及其分布对聚烯烃的机械性能和流变性能影响显著．高分子量聚烯烃机械性能好,但加工性能差;低分子量聚烯烃则恰恰相反,机械性能较差,但加工性能好．宽峰或双峰分子量分布聚烯烃同时具有高、低分子量聚烯烃的优点,受到人们的普遍重视．目前,制备宽峰及双峰分子量聚烯烃主要采用物理共混、