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Magnetization Fluctuation Analysis and Superconducting Parameters of La1.5−x Ba1.5+x−y Ca y Cu3O z Superconductor

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In this work we report analysis of experimental data of the magnetization of La1.5−x Ba1.5+x−y Ca y Cu3O z superconducting system. The data are analyzed in terms of thermal fluctuations on the magnetization excess M(T) for different values of temperature in each of the samples. We describe a procedure for extracting the penetration depth in the ab plane (1537–1650 Å) and the coherence length in the ab plane (21–23 Å) parameters from the magnetization, as a function of the applied magnetic field. This procedure was performed for polycrystalline samples using the theory of Bulaevskii, Ledvij and Kogan, which analyzes the vortex fluctuation in superconducting materials within the Lawrence-Doniach framework. These data allowed one to determine the characteristic temperature value T ∗ (53–73 K) in the magnetization curves for several magnetic fields. We calculated the data of magnetization excess from the curves of the magnetization as a function of the logarithm of the applied field. We notice that the values for these superconducting parameters are in agreement with reports for high-temperature superconductors. The value obtained of the superconducting volumetric fraction is compared with the value obtained through the measure of the Meissner effect.

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This work was partially support by Universidad Nacional de Colombia (DIB) and Dirección de Investigaciones (DIN) of Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC).

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  1. Grupo de Física de Materiales (GFM), Escuela de Física, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja, Colombia

    C. A. Parra Vargas

  2. Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil

    J. L. Pimentel Jr. & P. Pureur

  3. Grupo de Física de Nuevos Materiales (GFNM), Departamento de Física, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá DC, Colombia

    D. A. Landinez Tellez & J. Roa-Rojas

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Parra Vargas, C.A., Pimentel, J.L., Pureur, P. et al. Magnetization Fluctuation Analysis and Superconducting Parameters of La1.5−x Ba1.5+x−y Ca y Cu3O z Superconductor. J Supercond Nov Magn 26, 2257–2260 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-012-1421-8

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