Searching For 2D Superconductivity In La2-Xsrxcuo4 Single Crystals (Springer Theses)

A new experimental method ? the "Stiffnessometer", is developed to measure elementary properties of a superconductor, including the superconducting stiffness and the critical current. This technique has many advantages over existing methods, such as: the ability to measure these properties while minimally disturbing the system; the ability to measure large penetration depths (comparable to sample size), as necessary when approaching the critical temperature; and the ability to measure critical currents without attaching contacts and heating the sample. The power of this method is demonstrated in a study of the penetration depth of LSCO, where striking evidence is found for two separate critical temperatures for the in-plane and out-of-plane directions. The results in the thesis are novel, important and currently have no theoretical explanation. The stiffnessometer in a tool with great potential to explore new grounds in condensed matter physics. 9783030230609 3030230600 0 BOOK Technology & Engineering http://books.google.com/books/content?id=nu16xQEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api http://books.google.com/books/content?id=nu16xQEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api en 9783030230609

• | Author: Itzik Kapon
• | Publisher: Springer
• | Publication Date: Jul 25, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 80 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 3030230600
• | ISBN-13: 9783030230609