Fluctuation conductivity of a c-axis-oriented YBa2Cu3Oy film prepared by chemical vapor deposition

Abstract
The magnetoresistance of a highly c-axis-oriented chemical-vapor-deposition film of YBa2 Cu3 Oy was measured in the temperature range TcT≤103 K for both the Hc axis and Hc axis. The analysis has been done on the basis of the superconducting fluctuation theory for the clean limit, and a good fit has been obtained for the temperature and the magnetic-field dependences of the magnetoconductance in the cases of the Hc axis and Hc axis. The results indicated that all of both orbital and Zeeman effects of the Aslamasov-Larkin and the Maki-Thompson terms contributed to the fluctuation conductivity. The superconducting coherence lengths were estimated to be ξab(0)=11.5 Å and ξc(0)=3.2 Å in addition to the phase breaking time of the carrier τφ=8×1014 sec at 100 K.