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Observation Of An Oxygen Isotope Effect In Yba2Cu3O7, Kevin Leary, Hans Conrad Zur Loye, Steven Keller, Tanya Faltens, William Ham, James Michaels, Angelica Stacy
Observation Of An Oxygen Isotope Effect In Yba2Cu3O7, Kevin Leary, Hans Conrad Zur Loye, Steven Keller, Tanya Faltens, William Ham, James Michaels, Angelica Stacy
Hans Conrad zur Loye
A small decrease in Tc of 0.3 K to 0.5 K is observed when as much as 90% of the 16O in YBa2Cu3O7 is substituted with18O. This result is consistent with our observation that there is an oxygen isotope effect in La1.85Sr0.15CuO4, but in contrast with previous reports that there is no isotope effect for YBa2Cu3O7. This new result suggests that phonons play an important role in the electron-pairing mechanism in YBa2Cu3O7.
Observation Of An Isotope Shift In The Superconducting Transition Temperature Of La1.85Sr0.15Cuo4, Tanya Faltens, William Ham, Steven Keller, Kevin Leary, James Michaels, Angelica Stacy, Hans Conrad Zur Loye, Donald Morris, T Barbee, Marvin Cohen, Cohen Hoen, A Zettl
Observation Of An Isotope Shift In The Superconducting Transition Temperature Of La1.85Sr0.15Cuo4, Tanya Faltens, William Ham, Steven Keller, Kevin Leary, James Michaels, Angelica Stacy, Hans Conrad Zur Loye, Donald Morris, T Barbee, Marvin Cohen, Cohen Hoen, A Zettl
Hans Conrad zur Loye
An oxygen isotope shift is observed in superconducting La1.85Sr0.15CuO4 when 18O is substituted partially for 16O; the superconducting transition temperature Tc is lowered by 0.3 to 1.0 K in different samples. We examine these results using conventioanl phonon-mediated BCS theory and conclude that, for La1.85Sr0.15CuO4, phonons play an important role in the pairing mechanism.