A scenario for the critical fluctuations near the transition of few-bilayer films of high-temperature cuprate superconductors

We study the critical fluctuations near the resistive transition of very thin films of high-temperature cuprate superconductors composed of a number of only a few unit cells of superconducting bilayers. For that, we solve the fluctuation spectrum of a Gaussian–Ginzburg–Landau model for few-bilayers...

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Autores: Martínez Botana, José Martín, Vázquez Ramallo, Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Repositorio:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/38062
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10347/38062
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:High-temperature cuprate superconductors
Critical fluctuations
Very thin films
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Sumario:We study the critical fluctuations near the resistive transition of very thin films of high-temperature cuprate superconductors composed of a number of only a few unit cells of superconducting bilayers. For that, we solve the fluctuation spectrum of a Gaussian–Ginzburg–Landau model for few-bilayers superconductors considering two alternating Josephson interlayer interaction strengths, and we obtain the corresponding paraconductivity above the transition. Then, we extend these calculations to temperatures below the transition through expressions for the Ginzburg number and Kosterlitz–Thouless-like critical region. When compared with previously available data in YBa2 Cu3 O7− few-bilayers systems, with = 1 to 4, our results seem to provide a plausible scenario for their critical regime.