Surface Contribution to the Superconducting Properties of MgB2 Single Crystals

A. Rydh; U. Welp; J. M. Hiller; A. Koshelev; W. K. Kwok; G. W. Crabtree; K. H. P. Kim; C. U. Jung; H. -S. Lee; B. Kang; S. -I. Lee

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.68.172502

Surface Contribution to the Superconducting Properties of MgB2 Single Crystals

Superconductivity 2012-03-08 v1

Authors: A. Rydh , U. Welp , J. M. Hiller , A. Koshelev , W. K. Kwok , G. W. Crabtree , K. H. P. Kim , C. U. Jung , H. -S. Lee , B. Kang , S. -I. Lee

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We demonstrate direct evidence of possible surface superconductivity on small, well-shaped MgB2 single crystals. Transport measurements in the range H < 1.6 Hc2^c, where Hc2^c is the bulk upper critical field for the c axis, show non-Ohmic and strongly angular dependent resistivity. Studies of the alignment of H with selected crystal surfaces, transport and specific heat measurements on the same crystal, and a physical sculpturing of the crystal surfaces using a focused ion beam all support the conclusion. Similar, albeit less pronounced results are obtained for fields in the basal plane.

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surface superconductivity MgB2 single crystal upper critical field angular dependent resistivity focused ion beam

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0307445,
  title  = {Surface Contribution to the Superconducting Properties of MgB2 Single Crystals},
  author = {A. Rydh and U. Welp and J. M. Hiller and A. Koshelev and W. K. Kwok and G. W. Crabtree and K. H. P. Kim and C. U. Jung and H. -S. Lee and B. Kang and S. -I. Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0307445},
  year   = {2012}
}

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Surface Contribution to the Superconducting Properties of MgB2 Single Crystals

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