Electrical response of superconducting YBa₂Cu₃O_{7- δ} to light

Authors

• W.S. Brocklesby, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey
• Don Monroe, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey
• A.F.J. Levi, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey
• M. Hong, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey
• Sy_Hwang Liou, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• J. Kwo, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey
• C.E. Rice, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey
• P.M. Mankiewich, Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey
• R.E. Howard, Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

March 1989

Comments

Published by American Institute of Physics. Appl. Phys. Lett. 54, 1175(1989). © 1989 American Institute of Physics. Permission to use. http://jap.aip.org/jap/.

Abstract

We have studied the effect of visible and near-infrared light on the electrical properties of superconducting thin films of YBa₂Cu₃O_{7- δ} . The responses we observe can all be explained in terms of light heating the film to a temperature above the superconducting transition. No evidence that the light directly affects superconductivity was found.