Large photoinduced enhancement of the electrical anisotropy in semiconducting YBa2Cu3Ox

Wilhelm Markovitsch (Corresponding author), Christian Stockinger, Wolfgang Lang, R Rössler, Johannes D. Pedarnig, Dieter Bäuerle

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    Abstract

    The impact of long-term light excitation on YBa2Cu3Ox (YBCO) (x≈6.4) thin films grown on “wedged” SrTiO3 substrates was studied at several temperatures between 50 and 275 K. From the anisotropic resistance of the films, the in-plane (ρab) and the out-of-plane (ρc) resistivities were calculated. The electrical anisotropy ρc/ρab increased substantially during the light excitation at all studied temperatures. At 50 K, an increase of more than a factor of two was observed, whereas at higher temperatures the increases were smaller. At 275 K, ρc/ρab showed a slightly falling tendency after about 1 h of illumination indicating oxygen ordering. The results strongly support our previously proposed two-mechanism picture of persistent photoconductivity in YBCO. Œ 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)277-282
    Number of pages6
    JournalPhysica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
    Volume366
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2002

    Austrian Fields of Science 2012

    • 1030 Physics, Astronomy

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