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Superconducting Properties under Magnetic Field in Na$ {0.35}$CoO$ {2}{\cdot}1.3$H$ {2}$O Single Crystal by Sasaki, Takahiko; Badica, Petre; Yoneyama, Naoki; Yamada, Kazuyoshi; Togano, Kazumasa; Kobayashi, Norio is a scholarly article available to read on EtoBox.

What is Superconducting Properties under Magnetic Field in Na$ {0.35}$CoO$ {2}{\cdot}1.3$H$ {2}$O Single Crystal about?

We report the in-plane resistivity and magnetic susceptibility of the layered cobalt oxide Na$_{0.35}$CoO$_{2}{\cdot}1.3$H$_{2}$O single crystal. The temperature dependence of the resistivity shows metallic behavior from room temperature to the superconducting transition temperature $T_{c}$ of 4.5 K. Sharp resistive transition, zero resistivity and almost perfect superconducting volume fraction below $T_{c}$ indicate the good quality and the bulk superconductivity of the single crystal. The upper critical field $H_{c2}$ and the coherence length $\xi$ are obtained from the resistive transitions in magnetic field parallel to the c-axis and the $ab$-plane. The anisotropy of $\xi$, $\xi_{ab} / \xi_{c} =$ 12 nm/1.3 nm $\simeq$ 9.2, suggests that this material is considered to be an anisotropic three dimensional superconductor. In the field parallel to the $ab$-plane, $H_{c2}$ seems to be suppressed to the value of Pauli paramagnetic limit. It may indicate the spin singlet superconductivity in the cobalt oxide.

Author

Sasaki, Takahiko; Badica, Petre; Yoneyama, Naoki; Yamada, Kazuyoshi; Togano, Kazumasa; Kobayashi, Norio

Published

2004

Language

EN