ISSN:
1434-6036
Keywords:
PACS. 62.40.+i Anelasticity, internal friction, stress relaxation, and mechanical resonances - 73.50.Rb Acoustoelectric and magnetoacoustic effects - 74.25.Ld Mechanical and acoustical properties, elasticity, and ultrasonic attenuation
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract: We present measurements of the attenuation and phase velocity of surface acoustic waves in thin YBa2Cu3O films as a function of temperature, in magnetic fields up to 3.6 T applied parallel to the c-axis of the films. We have observed anomalies in both, the attenuation and the phase velocity in the vicinity of the superconducting critical temperature which do not depend on the magnetic field. Possible origins of these anomalies, observed, to our knowledge, for the first time in YBa2Cu3O thin films, are discussed and compared to bulk acoustic wave experiments. We present a kind of feedback technique for surface acoustic waves which improves the sensitivity of this type of measurement. The actual sensitivity limits are mentioned.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s100510050238
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