Interlayer coupling effect in high-Tc superconductors probed by YBa2Cu3O7-x/PrBa2Cu3O7-x superlattices
Publication Type
Journal Article
Authors
Li, Q., X.X. Xi, X.D. Wu, A. Inam, S. Vadlamannati, W.L. McLean, T. Venkatesan, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, D.M. Hwang, J.A. Martinez, L. Nazar
DOI
Abstract
The effect of coupling between layers of the high-Tc superconductors was studied by varying both the YBa2Cu3O7-x and PrBa2Cu3O7-x layer thicknesses in YBa2Cu3O7-x/PrBa2Cu3O7-x superlattices. Superconductivity was found even when the YBa2Cu3O7-x layers had nominal thicknesses as small as 12 (one unit-cell thickness) but coupling between unit-cell layers is needed to achieve a Tc of 90 K. The decrease of Tc in isolated YBa2Cu3O7-x layers with increasing sheet resistance is on the same scale of about Latin small letter h with stroke/e2 as observed for ordinary superconductors. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
Journal
Physical Review Letters
Volume
64
Year of Publication
1990
ISSN
00319007