X-ray irradiation effects on the superconductive properties of YBa2Cu3Oy and GdBa2Cu3Oz

Takuya Kabutoya; Masanori Koshimizu; Yutaka Fujimoto; Keisuke Asai

doi:10.18494/SAM.2017.1627

X-ray irradiation effects on the superconductive properties of YBa₂Cu₃O_y and GdBa₂Cu₃O_z

Takuya Kabutoya, Masanori Koshimizu, Yutaka Fujimoto, Keisuke Asai

ENG - Applied Chemistry

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Abstract

We observed a metastable change in the superconducting properties of YBa₂Cu₃O_y (YBCO) and GdBa₂Cu₃O_z (GdBCO) induced by X-ray irradiation. T_c0, which is defined as the temperature below which the electric resistance is zero within the measurement accuracy, was increased by up to 1.9 K in YBCO and GdBCO. The irradiation effect was more pronounced for the YBCO sample with lower T_c0. These observations are consistent with those of light irradiation, and are attributable to hole doping in the CuO₂ plane via the generation of electron-hole pairs by the X-ray and subsequent trapping of the electrons at oxygen vacancies. The relaxation of the irradiation effect was observed to be within 100 h from the viewpoint of conductivity and Raman spectra, and is explained as the detrapping of the electrons and recombination with holes, similarly to the case of light irradiation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1465-1470
Number of pages	6
Journal	Sensors and Materials
Volume	29
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM.2017.1627
Publication status	Published - 2017

Keywords

Photo-doping
Superconductor
X-ray irradiation

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Instrumentation
Materials Science(all)

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