Abstract
The superconducting critical temperature of single crystals (6.35≲x≲7) has been measured resistively as a function of pressure P (0≤P≲20 kbar). The initial rate /dP exhibits three distinct regimes, a narrow plateau near x≊7 with /dP≊0.04 K/kbar, a plateau in the range 6.4≲x≲6.8, where /dP≊0.43 K/kbar, and a maximum value ∼0.8 K/kbar at x≊6.35. An analysis of the (x,P) data using a phenomenological model yields a pronounced peak near x=6.8 in dΔ(x)/dP, where Δ(x) is the change in the hole density in the planes relative to the value corresponding to the fully oxygenated sample.
- Received 16 March 1992
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.680
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