High-pressure study of the new Y-Ba-Cu-O superconducting compound system

P. H. Hor; L. Gao; R. L. Meng; Z. J. Huang; Y. Q. Wang; K. Forster; J. Vassilious; C. W. Chu; M. K. Wu; J. R. Ashburn; C. J. Torng

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.911

High-pressure study of the new Y-Ba-Cu-O superconducting compound system

P. H. Hor, L. Gao, R. L. Meng, Z. J. Huang, Y. Q. Wang, K. Forster, J. Vassilious, C. W. Chu, M. K. Wu, J. R. Ashburn, and C. J. Torng

Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 911 – Published 2 March 1987

Abstract

The pressure effect on the superconducting state above 77 K in the new Y-Ba-Cu-O compound system has been determined. In strong contrast to what is observed in the La-Ba-Cu-O and La-Sr-Cu-O systems, pressure has only a slight effect on the superconducting transition temperature.