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Large Anisotropy of the Upper Critical Magnetic Field in Single Crystal Bi-(Sr, Ca)-Cu-O

Yoshikazu Hidaka, Migaku Oda, Minoru Suzuki, Yasushi Maeda, Youichi Enomoto and Toshiaki Murakami

NTT Laboratories

(Received February 26, 1988; accepted for publication March 26, 1988)

Single crystals of a recently discovered high-T_c Bi-(Sr, Ca)-Cu-O compound have been obtained. EPMA analysis exhibited that the compositional ratio of the crystal is 2-3-2. X-ray diffraction and transmission electron diffraction analysis revealed that the crystal has a layered structure characterized by orthorhombic symmetry with the lattice constant a=5.405 Å, b=5a and c=30.69 Å. The upper critical magnetic field H_c2 has been measured for the superconducting single crystal. The anisotropy between the c-axis and the basal plane is much larger than that of Ba₂YCu₃O_7-y or (La_1-xSr_x)₂CuO_4-y. The slope of temperature dependence of H_c2 along the c-axis is -0.32 T/K, while that along the basal plane is -14±3 T/K. The coherence length along the c-axis is estimated to be 1.0±0.1 Å, and that in the basal plane is 42 Å. The anisotropy factor is 44±9. These values suggest that the two-dimensionality in electronic structure for this superconductor is much stronger than other high-T_c oxides.

URL: http://jjap.jsap.jp/link?JJAP/27/L538/
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.27.L538

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