A study of hysteretic absorption in polycrystalline high-T/sub c/ superconductor YBCO

1990; IEEE Magnetics Society; Volume: 26; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1109/20.104403

ISSN

1941-0069

Autores

R. Karim, H. How, A. Widom, C. Vittoria,

Tópico(s)

HVDC Systems and Fault Protection

Resumo

The low-field microwave absorption in polycrystalline specimens of the high-T/sub c/ superconductor YBCO is studied. The low-field absorption derivative signal as measured using EPR techniques in the X-band at low fields (H<100 Oe) is nonresonant in nature. The peak value occurs at H=2-30 Oe depending on sample composition, temperature, and geometry with respect to the applied magnetic field. The microwave absorption signal level shows hysteresis if the field is swept back and forth through zero. At temperature close to T/sub c/ (T=76 K, T/sub c/=85+or-2 K) the ratio of the signal height at the peak value (H=Hc/sub 1/ approximately 10 Oe) to the signal level at H=1000 Oe is approximately 70 as compared to 20 at T=35 K. This ratio is related to the K value of the material, where K is the ratio lambda / xi . Below T=35 K the drop-off in the ratio is almost constant, indicating that K is almost constant. For polycrystalline YBCO (T/sub c/ approximately 85 K) K evaluated using this technique is approximately 20 at T=35 K. >

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