Growth and Superconductivity of (BiPb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10+δ Single-Crystal Whiskers
Growth and Superconductivity of (BiPb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10+δ Single-Crystal Whiskers
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(BiPb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10+δ单晶晶须的生长和超导性
DOI:
10.1143/jjap.41.l43
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发表时间:
2002
影响因子:
1.5
通讯作者:
T. Yamashita
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作者:
M. Nagao;Mitsunori Sato;H. Maeda;Sang‐Jae Kim;T. Yamashita
(BiPb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10+δ ((BiPb)2223) single-crystal whiskers with a length of about 2 mm were grown by annealing a sintered Te-doped (BiPb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3Ox precursor pellet. The pellet was formed by mixing single-phase (BiPb)2223 with TeO2; the content ratio of TeO2 to Bi2223 was 0.5. For the growth, it is very important to use (BiPb)2223 single-phase powder as a precursor. The whiskers contain no Te and their composition is Ca-rich (BiPb)2(Sr0.3Ca0.7)4Cu3Ox. The whiskers have excellent crystallinity and a critical temperature of about 106 K. The critical current, which exhibits a multibranched structure in the current–voltage characteristics due to the intrinsic Josephson junctions along the c-axis, is quite uniform, showing that the whiskers are homogeneous and of good quality.