High-Temperature Superconductivity

An Introduction

By: Gerald Burns

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Paperback | 20 November 1991

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Here is a concise, tutorial overview of the exciting new field of high-temperature superconductivity. This authoritative textbook focuses on topics, experimental results, and theoretical issues that are likely to have lasting value and are readily understandable to upper-level undergraduates and others new to the field. Written primarily from an experimental point of view, the book reviews conventional superconductors and then presents the structure, normal state and superconducting properties, and applications of the new cuprate superconductors. An insightful analysis of critical currents in thin films and wires is included. The book will provide an excellent supplementary text for students taking their first solid state physics course. In addition, all those with a basic knowledge of solid state physics will find the book to be a useful introduction to the field.

Serves as a concise, tutorial introduction to the field
Requires very little solid state physics background
Includes problem sets and references to key papers

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"Every researcher in high-temperature superconductivity would benefit from obtaining a copy." --NATURE

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Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Problems	p. 7
Review of Conventional Superconductors	p. 9
Introduction	p. 9
Two-Fluid Model	p. 11
London Equation	p. 13
Nonlocal Fields	p. 16
Nonlocal Electrodynamics Sketched	p. 16
Various Situations and Dirty Superconductors	p. 17
Ginzburg-Landau Theory	p. 18
Introduction	p. 18
GL Free Energy	p. 19
GL Differential Equations	p. 22
Flux Quantization	p. 23
GL Coherence Length	p. 24
Type II Superconductors	p. 25
BCS Theory	p. 27
Introduction	p. 27
Cooper Pairs and BCS Introduction	p. 27
BCS Results	p. 28
Specific Heat	p. 31
Anisotropic Superconducting Gap	p. 34
Coherence Effects	p. 35
Strong-Coupled Superconductors	p. 36
Introduction	p. 36
McMillan Equation	p. 37
Maximum T[subscript c]?	p. 39
Electron-Phonon Parameter Calculations	p. 40
Tunneling	p. 41
Tunneling Review	p. 42
Tunneling Experiments	p. 44
Phonon Structure	p. 45
Other Topics	p. 48
Magnetic Superconductors	p. 48
Earlier Oxide Superconductors	p. 51
Heavy-Electron Metals	p. 51
Organic Superconductors	p. 52
[superscript 3]He	p. 53
Problems	p. 53
Structures	p. 55
Overview	p. 55
Structures	p. 58
La(n = 1)	p. 59
2-Tl(n)	p. 60
2-Bi(n)	p. 61
1-Tl(n)	p. 61
Distances	p. 62
Y123	p. 63
Other High-T[subscript c] Structures	p. 65
Other Phases	p. 69
La(n = 1)	p. 69
Y123	p. 71
Y123 with Intermediate Oxygen Content	p. 71
Other Distortions	p. 72
Conventional Superconductors	p. 73
Problems	p. 75
Normal-State Properties	p. 76
Introduction	p. 76
Cu-Charge State	p. 77
Charges	p. 77
Molecular Orbitals	p. 78
Resistance	p. 81
Conventional Resistivity Behavior	p. 81
Resistivity of High-T[subscript c] Materials	p. 83
Hall Effect	p. 87
Magnetism	p. 92
Insulator Phase	p. 92
Superconducting Phase	p. 93
Structural Phase Transitions	p. 94
Bands--General	p. 95
Fermi Liquid	p. 95
Resonating-Valence-Band State	p. 96
Band Theory	p. 97
Simple Two-Dimensional Bands	p. 97
More Advanced Two-Dimensional Bands	p. 100
Band Theory	p. 102
Introduction	p. 102
One-Electron Bands	p. 103
Photoemission Spectroscopy	p. 105
Introduction	p. 105
PES 2-Bi(n = 2) Results	p. 107
PES Y123 Results	p. 109
PES Summary	p. 110
Problems	p. 111
Superconducting Properties	p. 113
T[subscript c] Values	p. 113
Cooper Pairs and BCS	p. 115
Introduction	p. 115
Paired Electrons?	p. 116
Spin Singlet or Triplet Pairing?	p. 117
Symmetry of Electron Pairs	p. 119
BCS Superconductors?	p. 120
Superconducting Energy Gap and Other Properties	p. 122
PES Results	p. 122
Tunneling Spectroscopy	p. 124
Specific Heat	p. 126
Infrared Results	p. 130
Raman Results	p. 133
NMR Results	p. 134
Isotope Effect	p. 135
The Pairing Mechanism	p. 138
Introduction	p. 138
Soft Phonon Modes	p. 140
Temperature-Dependent Phonon Modes	p. 141
Neutron Measurements	p. 142
High-Energy Tunneling Results	p. 145
Electron-Phonon Coupling Parameter Calculations	p. 146
Electron-Phonon Coupling Parameter Measurements	p. 146
Phonons plus Electron Density of States Singularity	p. 147
Phonons Alone	p. 149
Magnetic Properties	p. 150
Type II Materials	p. 150
Penetration Depth	p. 150
H[subscript c1]	p. 152
Coherence Length and H[subscript c2]	p. 154
Anisotropic Ginzburg-Landau Results	p. 156
Torque Magnetometry	p. 158
Postscript	p. 158
Problems	p. 159
Vortex Behavior, J[subscript c], and Applications	p. 160
Introduction	p. 160
Flux Lattice, Flux Glass, and Pinning	p. 162
Flux Lattice and Glass	p. 162
Pinning	p. 163
Films and Critical Currents	p. 164
Films	p. 164
Superlattices	p. 165
Wires	p. 165
Critical Current	p. 167
Macroscopic Magnetic Properties	p. 170
Introduction	p. 170
Vortex Glass	p. 171
Flux Creep	p. 171
A True Zero Resistance State?	p. 172
Experimental Vortex Glass-Liquid Measurements	p. 173
Irreversibility Line	p. 174
Applications Introduction	p. 177
Large-Scale Applications	p. 178
Introduction	p. 178
Wires and Superconducting Magnets	p. 179
Levitation	p. 179
Small-Scale Applications	p. 181
Problems	p. 182
Bibliography	p. 184
Notes for the Chapters	p. 187
Index	p. 196
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