ISSN:
1089-7623
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
,
Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
Notes:
Substantial improvements have been made in the sensitivity of an ac susceptibility measurement system which determines the pressure dependence of the superconducting transition temperature, Tc(P). The pressure, P, is determined near Tc from the position of the R1 and R2 fluorescence peaks from ruby chips. The system was used to determine Tc(P) for several high Tc single crystals, but was not sufficiently sensitive to determine Tc(P) of polycrystalline samples for HgBa2CuO4+δ. This motivated us to improve the sensitivity of our system. Other parts of the system and the data analysis procedures also have been improved. As a demonstration, Tc(P) of HgBa2CuO4+δ polycrystal to 4 GPa is presented. The improvement of the system using the diamond anvil cell opens the possibility of measuring Tc above 10 GPa and on smaller samples.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1144878
