KOSTERLITZ-THOULESS TRANSITION IN AN YBA2CU3O7/PRBA2CU3O7 SUPERLATTICE

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作者
QIU, XG
ZHAO, BR
GUO, SQ
ZHANG, JL
LI, L
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[1] National Laboratory for Superconductivity, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
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PHYSICA C | 1992年 / 197卷 / 3-4期
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10.1016/0921-4534(92)90002-T
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O59 [应用物理学];
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A systematic study of the electrical transport properties was carried out in a YBa2Cu3O7/PrBa2Cu3O7 (48 angstrom/100 angstrom) superlattice sample. The resistance above the temperature T(KT) showed an exponential inverse-square-root temperature dependence. Below the temperature T(KT), the current-voltage characteristics in the low-current limit obeyed a power law relationship, and the universal jump of the exponent pi-K(R) from 2 to 0 was observed around T(KT). All these phenomena are consistent with the Kosterlitz-Thouless theory. The large KT transition parameter tau(KT) = (T(c0) - T(KT))/T(KT) implies an enhancement of two-dimensionality in the superlattice.
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页数:6
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