Photoinduced enhancement of superconductivity
- 27 April 1992
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 60 (17), 2159-2161
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.107069
Abstract
We show clear and conclusive experimental evidence for the enhancement of superconductivity in GdBa2Cu3Ox and YBa2Cu3Ox thin films by photoexcitation. Upon laser illumination the critical temperature increases while the resistivity of the material decreases. The relaxation back to the original state is very slow, of the order of days at room temperature. The existence of this effect opens the possibility of fabricating weak‐link devices with in situ tunable superconducting characteristics.Keywords
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