Field- and temperature-dependent surface resistance of superconducting polycrystalline multiple-phase Hg-Ba-Ca-Cu-O: Evidence for dirty-limit behavior

H. A. Blackstead, D. B. Pulling, M. Paranthaman, J. Brynestad

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Abstract

Field- and temperature-dependent surface resistance measurements at 12.9 GHz are reported for polycrystalline Hg-Ba-Ca-Cu-O, which was found to consist primarily of the HgBa2CaCu2O6+δ and HgBa2Ca2Cu3O8+δ phases. A small amount of a third phase, most likely HgBa2Ca3Cu4O10+δ, was also detected. With variation of the angle Ψ between the applied field and current density, the low-temperature data exhibit large flux-flow resistivity that varies approximately as sin2(Ψ), while at high temperatures, the dominant field- and temperature-dependent response is attributed to isotropic phase-slip losses in intragranular defects. For temperatures just below the transition temperature of the two-layer phase, very small flux flow is evidenced. This result is consistent with an effective Hc2 of unusual size, suggesting a dirty-limit value for Hc2.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3783-3790
Number of pages8
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume51
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1995

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