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Fluctuation conductivity of layered superconductors in a perpendicular magnetic field

V. V. Dorin, R. A. Klemm, A. A. Varlamov, A. I. Buzdin, D. V. Livanov

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.48.12951 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

The leading contributions to the c-axis conductivity of layered superconductors arising from superconducting fluctuations of the order parameter are discussed for arbitrary intralayer scattering. The contributions from fluctuations of the normal quasiparticle density of states are shown to be opposite in sign to the Aslamazov-Larkin and Maki-Thompson contributions, leading to a peak in the overall c-axis resistivity ρc(T) above Tc. This peak is enhanced by a magnetic field H∥c^. With increasing H, the relative peak maximum in ρc(T,H) increases in magnitude and is shifted to lower temperatures by an amount proportional to H2 for weak fields and to H for strong fields. For comparison, the fluctuation conductivity parallel to the layers has been calculated including the fluctuations of the normal density of states. Our results are discussed in regard to recent experiments with YBa2Cu3O7−δ and Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ.

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YBa2Cu3O7-δ

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Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ

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TaS2

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