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Systematic characterization of upper critical fields for MgB$_2$ thin films using the two-band superconducting theory

Superconductivity 2009-11-13 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We present experimental results of the upper critical fields Hc2H_{\rm c2} of various MgB2_2 thin films prepared by the molecular beam epitaxy, multiple-targets sputtering, and co-evaporation deposition apparatus. Experimental data of the Hc2(T)H_{\rm c2}(T) are successfully analyzed by applying the Gurevich theory of dirty two-band superconductivity in the case of Dπ/Dσ>1D_{\pi}/D_{\sigma}>1, where DπD_{\pi} and DσD_{\sigma} are the intraband electron diffusivities for π\pi and σ\sigma bands, respectively. We find that the parameters obtained from the analysis are strongly correlated to the superconducting transition temperature TcT_{\rm c} of the films. We also discuss the anormalous narrowing of the transition width at intermediate temperatures confirmed by the magnetoresistance measurements.

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@article{arxiv.0811.1253,
  title  = {Systematic characterization of upper critical fields for MgB$_2$ thin films using the two-band superconducting theory},
  author = {S. Noguchi and A. Kuribayashi and T. Ishida and T. Oba and H. Iriuda and M. Yoshizawa and Y. Harada and S. Miki and H. Shimakage and Z. Wang and K. Satoh and T. Yotsuya},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.1253},
  year   = {2009}
}

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7 pages, 7 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. B

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