Enhancement of H<sub>c1</sub> and its influence on the irreversibility lines in multilayer YBa<sub>2</sub>Cu<sub>3</sub>O<sub>7</sub>/PrBa<sub>2</sub>Cu<sub>3</sub>O<sub>7</sub> thin films
Kebin Li; Yuheng Zhang; Kebin Li; Inst. of Solid State Phys., Acad. Sinica, Hefei, China; Yuheng Zhang; Inst. of Solid State Phys., Acad. Sinica, Hefei, China
Журнал:
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Дата:
1995-12-11
Аннотация:
The irreversibility line H<sub>irr</sub>, cannot cross H<sub>c1</sub>, and the temperature dependence of H<sub>irr</sub>(T) differs from H<sub>c1</sub>(T). Therefore there exists an intersection between them, and it is expected that the simple power-law behaviour of the irreversibility line H<sub>irr</sub>(T)~(1-T/T<sub>c</sub>)<sup>alpha </sup> will break down over a wide range of temperature. We have observed this interesting phenomenon in our three YBa<sub>2</sub>Cu<sub>3</sub>O<sub>7</sub>/PrBa<sub>2</sub>Cu<sub>3</sub>O<sub>7</sub> (YBCO/PrBCO) multilayer thin films with different YBCO superconducting layers for the first time due to the enhancement of H<sub>c1</sub> in a parallel (|| CuO plane) magnetic field. The temperature dependence of H<sub>c1</sub>(T) in these three films is in good agreement with calculations of the enhanced H<sub>c1</sub> derived from the London approximation for the case of a slab of thickness tau which is thinner than the London penetration depth lambda , when the applied field is parallel to the sample surface, and they mimic the results observed by Civale and co-workers in thinner pure YBCO ultra-thin films (~25 nm).
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