We have studied the magnetic characteristics of a series of super-oxygenated La2-xSrxCuO4+y samples. As shown in previous work, these samples spontaneously phase separate into an oxygen rich superconducting phase with a TC near 40 K and an oxygen poor magnetic phase that also orders near 40 K. All samples studied are highly magnetically reversible even to low temperatures. Although the internal magnetic regions of these samples might be expected to act as pinning sites, our present study shows that they do not favor flux pinning. Flux pinning requires a matching condition between the defect and the superconducting coherence length. Thus, our results imply that the magnetic regions are too large to act as pinning centers. This also implies that the much greater flux pinning in typical La2-xSrxCuO4 materials is the result of nanoscale inhomogeneities that grow to become the large magnetic regions in the super-oxygenated materials. The superconducting regions of the phase separated materials are in that sense cleaner and more homogenous than in the typical cuprate superconductor.
Higher borides and oxygen-enriched Mg-B-O inclusions as possible pinning centers in nanostructural magnesium diboride and the influence of additives on their formation
Magnetic-field-induced enhancement of the vortex pinning in the overdoped regime of La$_{2-x}$Sr$_x$CuO$_4$ : Relation to the microscopic phase separation
为了研究过掺杂高$T_{\rm c}$铜氧化物超导态的不均匀性,我们测量了La $_{2-x}$ Sr $_x$ CuO $_4$(LSCO)单晶在过掺杂区的磁化率$χ$.对于$x$ = 0.198和0.219,发现$χ$在1T中的温度依赖性表现出平台,即在SC状态中,$χ$在中等温度范围内几乎与温度无关。此外,在这些晶体中明显地出现了磁化曲线中的所谓第二峰。这些结果表明,异常增强的涡旋钉扎,并强烈建议发生$microscopic$相分离到SC和正常状态的区域中过掺杂的高$T_{\rm c}$铜酸盐。
Effect of mixed pinning landscapes produced by 6 MeV Oxygen irradiation on the resulting critical current densities J$_c$ in 1.3 $μ$m thick GdBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-d}$ coated conductors grown by co-evaporation
本文报道了用共蒸发法制备的1.3 μ m厚的GdBa $_2$ Cu $_3$ O $_{7-d}$涂层导体中,6 MeV $^{16}$ O $^{3+}$辐照引入的晶体缺陷对临界电流密度J $_c$和磁通蠕变率的影响。主要由直径接近50 nm的随机纳米颗粒产生的具有钉扎的原始膜以2 × 10 - 3 $^{13}$ cm $^{-2}$和4 × 10 - 3 $^{14}$ cm $^{-2}$之间的剂量照射。在低于40 K的温度下,平行(H//c)和与c轴成45°(H//45°)施加磁场,辐照可以显著改善磁场中的J $_c$依赖性。对于1x 10 $^{14}$ cm $^{-2}$的剂量,$μ$ $_0$ H = 5 T时的J $_c$值加倍,而不会显著影响小视野下的J $_c$。分析的磁通蠕变率作为温度的函数在两个磁场配置,可以观察到,照射抑制与双扭结松弛的峰值,并增加在中高温下的磁通蠕变率。在0.5T下,H//c和H//45°的磁通弛豫分别呈现出特征玻璃化指数$μ$ = 1.63和$μ$ = 1.45。对于用1x 10 $^{14}$ cm $^{-2}$辐照的样品,这些值分别降至$μ$ = 1.45和$μ$ =1.24。
1/8 Doping Anomalies and Oxygen Vacancies in Underdoped Superconducting Cuprates
讨论了几种铜氧化物超导体的热导率($κ$)随温度和掺杂的变化。在YBa $_2$ Cu $_3$ O $_{6+x}$和Hg铜酸盐中观察到的1/8掺杂附近的正常状态$κ$和$κ$在$T_c$的斜率变化的抑制值,分别归因于局部晶格畸变和超导冷凝物的抑制。这两种现象都被认为是由局部平面孔的小区域引起的,可能是相分离的表现。结果表明,$κ$的相行为反映了条纹动力学和氧空位团簇对1/8掺杂异常条纹的钉扎。
Orbital Separation of Charge Order and Superconductivity in La$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$CuO$_4$
Universität Zürich(苏黎世大学);PSI Center for Neutron and Muon Sciences CNM(瑞士保罗谢勒研究所中子与μ子科学中心);European Synchrotron Radiation Facility(欧洲同步辐射装置);Diamond Light Source(钻石光源);Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST)(韩国科学技术院);Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie(柏林亥姆霍兹材料与能源中心);Hokkaido University(北海道大学);Muroran Institute of Technology(室兰工业技术学院)
Functional Nanoscale Phase Separation and Intertwined Order in Quantum Complex Materials
纳米尺度的相分离(Phase Separation,简称纳米相分离)是高温超导体(High Temperature Superconductors,简称HTS)的重要组成部分。我们的研究结果表明,多尺度异质性是复杂材料中量子功能的重要组成部分。在这里,不同的结构单元之间的相互作用导致动态时空构象与相关的无序。因此,可视化的构象景观需要了解复杂物质的物理性质,并需要先进的方法,高精度的X射线测量的基础上。讨论了氧掺杂钙钛矿超导材料中纳米尺度下的动力学关联无序及其相关功能
Temperature and time scaling of the peak-effect vortex configuration in FeTe$_{0.7}$Se$_{0.3}$
本文对FeTe $_{0.7}$ Se $_{0.3}$晶体在超导状态下的磁性进行了广泛的研究。我们表明,弱集体钉扎,起源于空间变化的电荷载流子的平均自由程($δl$钉扎),规则在这个超导体。我们的研究结果是兼容的纳米级相分离观察到的这种化合物,并表明,尽管化学不均匀性的临界温度的空间波动是不重要的钉扎。的磁化强度与时间的幂律依赖性,通常被解释为单涡蠕变制度的签名,观察到在磁场高达$8 ~ T$。对于沿晶体c轴施加的磁场,磁化曲线表现出明显的峰值效应,其位置随着温度的变化而变化,遵循与在YBa $_2$ Cu $_3$ O $_{7-δ}$中观察到的相同的依赖性。研究了峰位随时间和温度的变化关系。我们观察到,在一个给定的磁场峰值的发生确定了一个特定的涡旋配置,是独立的温度。这一结果表明,在所探索的温度范围内,温度对导致FeTe $_{0.7}$ Se $_{0.3}$中的峰值效应的涡旋-涡旋和涡旋-缺陷相互作用的影响可以忽略不计。