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In this paper we report the observation of a peak in the microwave surface resistance (at frequencies ~10GHz) of laser ablated DyBa2Cu3O7-d films in magnetic field ranging from 2 to 9kOe (||c) close to the superconducting transition…
The vortex dynamics in YBa2Cu3O7-d thin films have been studied at microwave frequencies. A pronounced peak in the surface resistance, Rs, is observed in these films at frequencies of 4.88 and 9.55 GHz for magnetic fields varying from 0.2…
The nonlinear surface resistance Rs of the YBa2Cu3O7-x superconducting thin films on the MgO substrates was researched in the Hakki-Coleman dielectric resonator at the microwave signal powers from -18 dBm to +30 dBm at the ultra high…
Using the dielectric resonator method, we have investigated nonlinearities in the surface impedance Zs = Rs + jXs of YBa2Cu3O7 thin films at 10 GHz as function of the incident microwave power level and temperature. The use of a rutile…
We have investigated the anomalous nonlinear microwave response of epitaxial electron-beam coevaporated YBa2Cu3O7-x films on MgO. The power and temperature dependent surface impedance and two-tone intermodulation distortion were measured in…
Results of X-band microwave surface impedance measurements of FeSe1-xTex very thin film are reported. The effective surface resistance shows appearance of peak at T less and near Tc when plotted as function of temperature. The authors…
We have carried out non-linear microwave (8 GHz) surface impedance measurements of three YBaCuO thin films in dc magnetic fields $H_{dc}$ (parallel to c axis) up to 12 mT using a coplanar resonator technique. In zero dc field the three…
The temperature dependence of the microwave surface impedance and conductivity are used to study the pairing symmetry and properties of cuprate superconductors. However, the superconducting properties can be hidden by the effects of…
The magneto-optical imaging technique is used to visualize the penetration of the magnetic induction in YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-\delta}$ thin films during surface resistance measurements. The in-situ surface resistance measurements were…
We report the growth of NdBa2Cu3O7-d films on (100) MgO substrate by Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE). Large area NdBa2Cu3O7-d films with homogeneous superconducting properties were grown by precise control of stoichiometry and the optimisation…
We present a microwave characterization of a DyBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-x}$ single domain, grown by the top-seeded melt-textured technique. We report the (a,b) plane field-induced surface resistance, $\Delta R_s(H)$, at 48.3 GHz, measured by…
The anomalous decrease in microwave surface resistance, R_{s}, of superconducting YBa_{2}Cu_{3}O_{7-d} (YBCO) thin films in the presence of a low dc magnetic field is studied using a microstrip resonator technique. We have done a dc field…
We report the observation of a weak spontaneous magnetic field appearing at the transition temperature of $\rm YBa_2Cu_3O_{7-\delta}$ into the superconducting state. The effect is observed in 14 out of 15 epitaxial films grown on different…
Striking features have been found in the nonlinear microwave (8 GHz) surface impedance $Z_s=R_s + jX_s$ of high-quality YBaCuO thin films with comparable low power characteristics [$R_{res}\sim 35--60 \mu\Omega$ and $\lambda_L(15 K)\sim…
We have studied an anomalous microwave (mw) response of superconducting YBa_{2}Cu_{3}O_{7-delta} (YBCO) microstrip resonators in the presence of a weak dc magnetic field, H_{dc}. The surface resistance (R_{s}) and reactance (X_{s}) show a…
Tunneling spectra measured on thin epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7-delta films are found to exhibit strong spatial variations, showing U and V-shaped gaps as well as zero bias conductance peaks typical of a d-wave superconductor. A full correspondence…
We report on microwave measurements on DyBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\rm\delta}$ monodomains grown by the top-seeded melt-textured technique. We measured the field increase of the surface resistance $R_{\rm s}(H)$ in the a-b plane at 48.3 GHz.…
A giant peak in the temperature dependence of the screening current is observed in the ac magnetic response of an ultra-pure YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{6.993}$ crystal in a magnetic field. At H = 2.0 T ({\bf $H$}$||${\bf c}), the screening current…
We have investigated the nonlinear microwave properties of electron-beam coevaporated YBaCuO films on MgO, using stripline resonators at 2.3 GHz and temperatures 1.7-80 K. The oxygen content of the films ranged from strongly underdoped to…
We report the effect of the \emph{ab}-plane magnetic field $B$ up to $8\,\mathrm{T}$ on the resistivity $\rho(T)$ and fluctuation conductivity $\sigma'(T)$ in YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$ thin films. As expected, up to $\sim 2.5\,\mathrm{T}$…