PINNING BY OXYGEN VACANCIES IN HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTORS

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CHUDNOVSKY, EM [1 ]
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[1] CUNY HERBERT H LEHMAN COLL,DEPT PHYS,BRONX,NY 10468
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.3060
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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It is shown that recent data of Murray et al. on spatial correlations in flux lattices of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O (BSCCO) may be explained if one assumes that 1% of oxygen atoms in CuO2 layers are missing. This estimate, being in remarkable agreement with that deduced by Kes and van der Beek from ac-susceptibility measurements, provides strong confidence that oxygen vacancies are the major source of pinning in BSCCO. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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