"Gigahertz Ultrasound in Single Crystal Superconducting YBa2Cu3O7" by Brage Golding, W. H. Haemmerle et al.
 

Gigahertz Ultrasound in Single Crystal Superconducting YBa2Cu3O7

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

12-1-1988

Journal / Book Title

IEEE 1988 Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings

Abstract

Anisotropic sound propagation at 1 GHz in single-crystal YBa2Cu3O7 is described. Longitudinal phonons have been studied from 0.01 K to 300 K, with emphasis on the temperature region near the superconducting transition Tc at 88 K. A discontinuous sound velocity is observed at Tc for propagation parallel and perpendicular to the c axis. Strain derivatives of Tc are evaluated using mean field theory. Below 1 K the temperature-dependent sound velocity has positive slope, which indicates tunneling of defects.

DOI

10.1109/ULTSYM.1988.49544

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