The peak in the thermal conductivity of Cu-O superconductors: Electronic or phononic origin?
dc.contributor.author | Uher, Ctirad | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Liu, Yongqian | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Whitaker, John F. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-11T15:41:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-11T15:41:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1994-04 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Uher, Ctirad; Liu, Yongqian; Whitaker, John F.; (1994). "The peak in the thermal conductivity of Cu-O superconductors: Electronic or phononic origin?." Journal of Superconductivity 7(2): 323-329. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/45122> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0896-1107 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1572-9605 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/45122 | |
dc.description.abstract | The thermal conductivity К of hole-doped Cu-O plane high- T c perovskites exhibits a dramatic increase below T c which results in a pronounced peak near T c /2. The origin of this peak was initially thought to arise from an enhancement in the mean-free path of phonons as the charge carriers undergo condensation. Indeed, excellent fits to the data can be obtained with physically reasonable parameters using the conventional theory of lattice conduction in superconductors. In contrast, a recently observed sharp decrease in the quasiparticle scattering rate of YBCO single crystals below T c has motivated proposals for an electronic origin of the thermal conductivity peak. We shall critically examine experimental evidence and highlight relative advantages and shortcomings of the two contrasting interpretations. Furthermore, we shall draw attention to recently available data on the relaxation time of out-of-equilibrium carriers in Cu-O superconductors obtained using pump-probe femtosecond laser studies and what new light they shed on the controversy. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Scattering Rate | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Condensed Matter | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Chemistry | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Characterization and Evaluation Materials | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Solid State Physics and Spectroscopy | en_US |
dc.subject.other | High- T C Superconductors | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Thermal Conductivity | en_US |
dc.title | The peak in the thermal conductivity of Cu-O superconductors: Electronic or phononic origin? | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Physics | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Mathematics | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, 48109-2099, Ann Arbor, Michigan | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Physics and Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, 48109-1120, Ann Arbor, Michigan | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Physics and Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, 48109-1120, Ann Arbor, Michigan | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/45122/1/10948_2004_Article_BF00724562.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00724562 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Superconductivity | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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