← Back to search

Fluctuation diamagnetism around the superconducting transition in a cuprate crystal with a reduced Meissner fraction

Jesús Mosqueira, Félix Vidal

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.052507 · Physical Review B

T1

Active bibliographic source — not scientific approval

Bibliographic access preserves source history; it does not approve extracted materials or validate reported claims. Review warnings on each occurrence separately.

Abstract

The magnetization around the superconducting transition was measured in a Tl0.5Pb0.5Sr2CaCu2O7 crystal affected by a considerable reduction (∼55%) of its effective superconducting volume fraction but still with a relatively sharp low-field Meissner transition, a behavior that may be attributed to the presence of structural inhomogeneities. By taking into account these inhomogeneities just through the Meissner fraction, the observed diamagnetism may still be explained, consistently above and below the superconducting transition, in terms of the conventional Ginzburg-Landau approach with fluctuations of Cooper pairs and vortices.

Source-reported materials — not catalogue approval

FormulaReported Tc (K)Pressure (GPa)Type
Tl0.5Pb0.5Sr2CaCu2O7

Archive — visibility unverified

Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula.

77.1Pressure not reportedmidpoint

Similar papers