Measurements of the absolute value of the penetration depth in high-Tc superconductors using a low-Tc superconductive coating

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Prozorov, R
Giannetta, RW
Carrington, A
Fournier, P
Greene, RL
Guptasarma, P
Hinks, DG
Banks, AR
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[1] Univ Illinois, Loomis Lab Phys, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
[2] Univ Bristol, HH Wills Phys Lab, Bristol BS8 1TL, Avon, England
[3] Univ Maryland, Ctr Superconduct Res, Dept Phys, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[4] Argonne Natl Lab, Div Mat & Chem Sci, Argonne, IL 60439 USA
[5] Univ Illinois, Mat Res Lab, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
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10.1063/1.1328362
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A method is presented to measure the absolute value of the London penetration depth, lambda (T=0), from the frequency shift of a resonator. The technique involves coating a high-T-c superconductor with film of low-T-c material of known thickness and penetration depth. The method is applied to obtain lambda (YBa2Cu3O7-delta)approximate to 1460 +/- 150 Angstrom, lambda (Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta)approximate to 2690 +/- 150 Angstrom and lambda (Pr1.85Ce0.15CuO4- (delta))approximate to 2790 +/- 150 Angstrom. lambda (YBa2Cu3O7-delta) from this method is very close to that obtained by several other techniques. For both Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta and Pr1.85Ce0.15CuO4-delta the values exceed those obtained by other methods. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(00)00148-0].
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