c-axis penetration depth of Hg-1201 single crystals

J. R. Kirtley; K. A. Moler; G. Villard; A. Maignan

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.2140

c-axis penetration depth of Hg-1201 single crystals

Superconductivity 2009-10-31 v1

Authors: J. R. Kirtley , K. A. Moler , G. Villard , A. Maignan

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Abstract

We have magnetically imaged interlayer Josephson vortices emerging from an ac face of single crystals of the single layer cuprate high-Tc superconductor (Hg,Cu)Ba2CuO4+d. These images provide a direct measurement of the c-axis penetration depth of about 10 microns. This length is a factor of 10 longer than predicted by the interlayer tunneling model for the mechanism of superconductivity in layered compounds, indicating that the condensation energy available through this mechanism is 100 times smaller than is required for superconductivity.

Keywords

penetration depth Josephson vortices cuprate superconductor Hg-1201 interlayer tunneling c-axis

Cite

@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9803312,
  title  = {c-axis penetration depth of Hg-1201 single crystals},
  author = {J. R. Kirtley and K. A. Moler and G. Villard and A. Maignan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9803312},
  year   = {2009}
}

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10 pages, 4 figures

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