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Using a novel technique of measuring direct rf power dissipation, the temperature and magnetic field dependence of rf absorption in superconducting single crystals of Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_8 is studied. An unexpected, larger than normal state,…
Transverse ac permeability measurements in Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+\delta }$ single crystals at low fields and temperatures in a vortex configuration free of external forces show that the decrease of the critical current as measured by…
We have measured the microwave dissipation at 10 GHz in a Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 single crystal, between 75 and 50 K, as a function of the static magnetic field applied parallel to the c axis. We observe a clear-cut onset in the dissipation…
We report direction-dependent susceptibility and resistivity measurements on La$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$ single crystals. These crystals have rectangular needle-like shapes with the crystallographic "c" direction parallel or perpendicular…
We measured the angular dependence of the c-axis magnetoresistance rho_c(B) of Bi-2212 irradiated with heavy ions. At temperatures near 68 K the scaling of rho_c(B) with the c-axis magnetic field component B_perp is broken and the in-plane…
We studied the thermal conductivity of a Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_8 single crystal as a function of a magnetic field ramped up and down and then reversed. As recently discovered by Krishana et al., we observed a field-independent thermal…
We study the distribution of transport current across superconducting Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_8$ crystals and the vortex flow through the sample edges. We show that the $T_x$ transition is of electrodynamic rather than thermodynamic nature,…
We present a detailed study of the dynamic interactions between Josephson vortices and stacks of pancake vortices in a Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 single crystal, obtained by measuring the effect of applied inplane magnetic field pulses on the c-axis…
The microwave absorption R in the Y-Ba-Cu-O single crystals was investigated near {T_c \approx 92 K} and in the external magnetic field {0<H \leq 9 kOe}. A modified ESR spectrometer was used in the experiment. The method of temperature…
The dependence of the Josephson Plasma Resonance (JPR) frequency in heavily underdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+\delta on temperature and controlled pointlike disorder, introduced by high-energy electron irradiation, is cross-correlated and compared…
Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x single crystals represent natural stacks of atomic scale intrinsic Josephson junctions, formed between metallic CuO2-Ca-CuO2 and ionic insulating SrO-2BiO-SrO layers. Electrostriction effect in the insulating layers leads to…
Magneto-optical imaging and Hall-probe array magnetometry are used to measure the field of first flux entry, H_p, into the same Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_8+delta single crystal cut to different crystal thickness-to-width ratios (d/w), and for two…
Magneto-optical imaging and Hall-probe array magnetometry are used to measure the field of first flux entry, H_p, into the same Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_8+delta single crystal cut to different crystal thickness-to-width ratios (d/w), and for two…
AC losses of granular superconducting MgB2 were measured using non-resonant rf power absorption techniques. The presence of two band-gaps makes the temperature dependent ac loss pattern of MgB2 different from other high Tc superconductors…
The linear ac response of the vortex system is measured locally in Bi-2212 single crystals at various doping, using a miniature two-coil mutual-inductance technique. It was found that a step-like change in the local ac response takes place…
Simultaneous transport and magnetization studies in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 crystals at elevated currents reveal large discrepancies, including finite resistivity at temperatures of 40K below the magnetic irreversibility line. This resistivity,…
We calculate the angular dependence of the power of stimulated terahertz amplified radiation (STAR) emitted from a $dc$ voltage applied across a stack of intrinsic Josephson junctions. During coherent emission, we assume a spatially uniform…
Measurements of polarization and temperature dependent soft x-ray absorption have been performed on Na_xCoO_2 single crystals with x=0.4 and x=0.6. They show a deviation of the local trigonal symmetry of the CoO_6 octahedra, which is…
We have investigated the Josephson plasma excitations in magnetic fields parallel to the $ab$-plane in Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+\delta}$ single crystals in a wide microwave frequency region (9.8 -- 75 GHz). It was found that there are two…
We compute the frequency and magnetic field dependencies of the reflectivity $R(\omega)$ in layered superconductors with two alternating intrinsic Josephson junctions with different critical current densities and quasiparticle…