Superconducting pair condensation and phase coherence in cupratesexperimental determination of the corresponding phase diagram in La2-x Srx CuO4

  1. Cotón Sánchez, Noelia
Dirigida per:
  1. Félix Vidal Costa Director/a
  2. Manuel Vázquez Ramallo Codirector/a

Universitat de defensa: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Fecha de defensa: 19 de de juliol de 2013

Tribunal:
  1. Davor Pavuna President/a
  2. Carlos Carballeira Romero Secretari/ària
  3. Fernando Sols Lucia Vocal
  4. Jesús Manuel Mosqueira Rey Vocal
  5. Bernard Mercey Vocal

Tipus: Tesi

Resum

The aim of this thesis is to study the interrelationships between the normal state pseudogap, the phenomenology of the superconducting transition, the inhomogeneities and the disorder in the cuprate superconductors (HTSC). Specifically, we study the resistivity in the ab planes and the voltage-current (VI) curves in superconducting thin films of La(2-x)Sr(x)CuO(4). Brief panning of work:- Synthesis of films of La(2-x)Sr(x)CuO(4) with different dopings. - Characterization of the doping inhomogeneity and critical temperature by SQUID magnetometry. - Measurements of the superconducting phase coherence temperature through VI curves. - Analysis of the superconducting wave function condensation temperature using finite element simulations. - Measurement of the superconducting wave function condensation temperature through the resistivity measured in the ohmic regime.