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Magnetic Fieid-lnduced Recovery of Superconductivity in Epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7-x Films at Microwave Frequencies

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An anomalous magnetic field-effect has been observed in the microwave surface impedance of epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7−x films on LaAlo3 substrates. The application of dc and microwave magnetic fields up to 20 mT caused a significant decrease of microwave surface reactanceX s (≤3%) and resistanceR s (≤20%) at 8.5 GHz, 77 K and at 87 GHz, 4.2 K. The field effects onX s andR s s were found to correlate within the framework of the two-fluid model. The observed effect is attributed to the presence of magnetic impurities in the superconducting films, giving rise to pair breaking. Alignment of the impurity spins suppresses the spin-flip scattering rate and, as a result, leads to a recovery of microwave superconductivity.

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    M. A. Hein, Ch. Bauer, W. DIete, S. Hensen, T. Kaiser & G. Müller

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Hein, M.A., Bauer, C., DIete, W. et al. Magnetic Fieid-lnduced Recovery of Superconductivity in Epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7-x Films at Microwave Frequencies. J Supercond 10, 485–493 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02767683

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