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Hans Conrad zur Loye

2011

Superconducting

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Search For Isotope Effect In Superconducting Y-Ba-Cu-O, L C. Bourne, M F. Crommie, A Zettl, Hans Conrad Zur Loye, S W. Keller, K L. Leary, Angelica M. Stacy, K J. Chang, Marvin L. Cohen, Donald E. Morris Nov 2011

Search For Isotope Effect In Superconducting Y-Ba-Cu-O, L C. Bourne, M F. Crommie, A Zettl, Hans Conrad Zur Loye, S W. Keller, K L. Leary, Angelica M. Stacy, K J. Chang, Marvin L. Cohen, Donald E. Morris

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An isotope effect has been searched for in the high-Tc, superconductor YBa2Cu307 —b through substitution of 180 for 16O. No shift in the superconducting transition temperature T, is observed by electrical resistivity or magnetic susceptibility measurements. We discuss the implications of this result for mechanisms of superconductivity in the high-T, oxides.


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 Nov 2011

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

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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.