Nernst Effect Measurements of Epitaxial Y0.95Ca0.05Ba2(Cu1xZnx)3Oy and Y0.9Ca0.1Ba2Cu3Oy Superconducting Films

I. Kokanović, J. R. Cooper, and M. Matusiak
Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 187002 – Published 4 May 2009

Abstract

We report Nernst effect data for crystalline films of Y0.95Ca0.05Ba2(Cu1xZnx)3Oy (with x=0, 0.02, and 0.04) and Y0.9Ca0.1Ba2Cu3Oy grown by pulsed laser deposition. We show that our own results and published data for LSCO are consistent with the theory of Gaussian superconducting fluctuations. We also show that Zn doping increases the Nernst coefficient simply because it reduces the in-plane conductivity.

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  • Received 23 May 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.187002

©2009 American Physical Society

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I. Kokanović1,2,*, J. R. Cooper1, and M. Matusiak1

  • 1Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 OHE, United Kingdom
  • 2Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, P.O. Box 331, Zagreb, Croatia

  • *kivan@phy.hr

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Vol. 102, Iss. 18 — 8 May 2009

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