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The Abricosov vortex and bundles dynamics was experimentally investigated in Earth's magnetic field range. Isothermal relaxation features in YBCO single crystal samples with strong pinning centers were studied for different sample-field…
For the first time, magnetization of high-Tc samples with different crystalline structure and its isothermal relaxation is studied at very weak constant fields (H <= 0.1 Oe) for temperatures close to the critical ones. Essential influence…
In this paper we present our results on the low density magnetic flux pinning characteristics, obtained though HTSC samples magnetization relaxation measurements M(t) near the phase transition temperatures (0,8 < T/Tc > 0,99).As the main…
The measurements of the 1st and the 3rd harmonics of the AC magnetic susceptibility, performed on melt grown YBCO samples as a function of the temperature and the external parameters (frequency and amplitude of AC magnetic field, intensity…
High-purity and homogeneous YBa2Cu3Oy single crystals with carrier doping level near the AFM-SC boundary have been obtained in the oxygen content range between y = 6.340 and 6.370. The crystals are ortho-II phase at room temperature and…
A systematic study of the weak- link behavior for YBa2Cu3O7-d polycrystalline samples has been done using the electrical resistivity and AC susceptibility techniques.The experiments were performed with two samples of similar grain, a sample…
The effect of annealing on the basal-plane electrical resistivity of the YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$ single crystals is studied in a broad range of oxygen contents. Within the framework of s-d scattering of electrons by phonons, an increase…
We report results of experimental studies of ac susceptibility of Nb single crystal at low frequencies in swept magnetic fields applied parallel to the surface. Analysis of the experimental data shows that the swept magnetic field…
The c-axis polarized phonon spectra of single crystals of YBCO_{6+x} have been measured for the doping range x=0.5 -> 0.95, between 10 K and 300 K. The low background electronic conductivity, determined by Kramers-Kronig analysis of the…
The temperature dependence of AC susceptibility (ACS) has been measured for a very high-quality plate-like slightly overdoped YBCO single crystal for different frequencies and AC magnetic field amplitudes. Frequency dependence of the ACS is…
The optical properties of single crystals of YBa_2Cu_3O_{6+x} have been examined along the c axis above and below the critical temperature (T_c) for a wide range of oxygen dopings. The temperature dependence of the optically-determined…
The experimental results on the magnetic response of YBCO single crystals with unidirectional twin boundary planes in low magnetic fields (0.01 - 1 Oe) are discussed. The observed non-monotone temperature dependence of magnetization is…
We report systematic studies of AC magnetic susceptibility and transport properties of Y(1-x)Ca(x)Ba2Cu3Oz bulk samples with 0\leq x\leq 0.4. Single phase materials, reduction of carrier concentration and decrease of Tc to 85 K were…
The DC and AC magnetic susceptibilities of Na0.85CoO2 single crystals were measured for the different crystal orientations of H//(ab)- and H//(c)-axis. The DC-magnetic susceptibility for H//(c)-direction exhibited the antiferromagnetic…
Resistance switching effects in metal/perovskite contacts based on epitaxial c-axis oriented Y-Ba-Cu-O (YBCO) thin films with different crystallographic orientations have been studied. Three types of Ag/YBCO junctions with the contact…
Magnetic susceptibility, heat capacity, and electrical resistivity measurements have been carried out on single crystals of the intermediate valence compounds Yb2Rh3Ga9 and Yb2Ir3Ga9. These measurements reveal a large anisotropy due…
We have performed fluorescence x-ray absorption fine-structure (XAFS) measurements from 20-200 K on a 5000 \AA, c-axis film of YBa_2Cu_3O_{7-\delta} (YBCO) on MgO (Tc=89 K) using photons polarized perpendicular to the film. These data are…
The DC magnetization and AC complex magnetic susceptibilities were measured for MgB2 single crystals, unsubstituted and carbon substituted with the composition of Mg(B_0.94C_0.06)2. The measurements were performed in AC and DC magnetic…
We report on specific heat, high magnetic field transport and $ac-$susceptibility measurements on magnesium diboride single crystals. The upper critical field $H_{c2}$ for magnetic fields perpendicular and parallel to the Mg and B planes is…
The thermal conductivity of a YBCO single crystal has been studied as a function of the relative orientation of the crystal axes and a magnetic field rotating in the Cu-O planes. Measurements were carried out at several temperatures below…