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Local voltage-current characteristics in high-Tc superconductors

D. Giller, Y. Abulafia, R. Prozorov, Y. Wolfus, A. Shaulov, Y. Yeshurun

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.57.R14080 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

Local electric field versus current density (E−j) curves were measured in YBa2Cu3O7−δ and Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4−δ single crystals using a miniature Hall-sensors array. Measurements in the field range corresponding to the anomalous magnetization peak in these crystals reveal remarkably different E−j characteristics below and above the peak, indicating a crossover in the flux-creep mechanism. Similar E−j behavior, as observed here in YBa2Cu3O7−δ and Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4−δ, is expected universally in every superconductor exhibiting the anomalous peak.

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FormulaReported Tc (K)Pressure (GPa)Type
YBa2Cu3O7

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91Pressure not reportedunknown
Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4

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23Pressure not reportedunknown

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