Superconductivity and Glassiness in Strongly Underdoped Y$_{1-x}$Pr$_{x}$Ba$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$

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Abstract

We performed magnetic investigations on single crystals of Y$_{0.47}$Pr$_{0.53}$Ba$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$ ($T_{c}=7.0$ K) at temperatures $46.3$ K exhibit an evolution from a hysteretic loop ty pical for superconducting mixed state at low $H$ to one typical for a spin glass state at high $H$. The latter opens as a separate loop above the irreversible field and expands on the account of the superconducting loop with which overlaps at $T>T_{c}$.

*This research was supported by the National Science Foundation under the Grant No DMR 0406471 at KSU and the US Department of Energy under the Grant No DE-FG03-86ER-45230 at UCSD

Authors

  • C. C. Almasan

    • Kent State University
  • V. Sandu

  • P. Gyawali

    • Kent State University
  • B. J. Taylor

  • M. B. Maple

    • University of California at San Diego