New Perspectives for Cuprate Research: CLBLCO Single Crystals

2012/05/21 by Gil Drachuck, Meni Shay, Drachuck, Gil +17
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con) #cond-mat.supr-con

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1205.4729

arxiv created 2012/05/21 · arxiv updated 2012/05/23

Abstract

We report the successful growth of a large (Ca_xLa_1-x)(Ba_1.75-xLa_0.25+x)Cu₃O_y (CLBLCO) single crystal. In this material, x controls the maximum of Tc (T_c^max), with minimal structural changes. Therefore, it allows a search for correlations between material properties and T_c^max. We demonstrate that the crystals are good enough for neutron scattering and cleave well enough for Raman scattering. These results open new possibilities for cuprate research.

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