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Radiometric evaluation of antenna-feed component losses
Radiometric method accurately calibrates the principal line sections of an antenna, including the section which contains the antenna-feed component /mode generator and polarizer/. Precise knowledge of the absolute antenna temperature is not required
Crystal growth and in-plane optical properties of TlBaCaCuO (n=1,2,3) superconductors
Single crystals of thallium-based cuprates with the general formula
TlBaCaCuO(n=1,2,3) have been grown by the flux
method. The superconducting transition temperatures determined by the ac
magnetic susceptibility are 92 K, 109 K, and 119 K for n=1,2,3 respectively.
X-ray diffraction measurements and EDX compositional analysis were described.
We measured in-plane optical reflectance from room temperature down to 10 K,
placing emphasis on Tl-2223. The reflectance roughly has a linear-frequency
dependence above superconducting transition temperature, but displays a
pronounced knee structure together with a dip-like feature at higher frequency
below T. Correspondingly, the ratio of the reflectances below and above
T displays a maximum and a minimum near those feature frequencies. In
particular, those features in Tl2223 appear at higher energy scale than Tl2212,
and Tl2201. The optical data are analyzed in terms of spectral function. We
discussed the physical consequences of the data in terms of both clean and
dirty limit.Comment: 8 pages, 13 figures, to be published in Phys. Rev.
Experimental evidence for a two-gap structure of superconducting NbSe_2: a specific heat study in external magnetic fields
To resolve the discrepancies of the superconducting order parameter in
quasi-two-dimensional NbSe_2, comprehensive specific-heat measurements have
been carried out. By analyzing both the zero-field and mixed-state data with
magnetic fields perpendicular to and parallel to the c axis of the crystal and
using the two-gap model, we conclude that (1) more than one energy scale of the
order parameter is required for superconducting NbSe_2 due to the thermodynamic
consistency; (2)delta_L=1.26 meV and delta_S=0.73 meV are obtained; (3)
N_S(0)/N(0)=11%~20%; (4) The observation of the kink in gamma(H) curve suggests
that the two-gap scenario is more favorable than the anisotropic s-wave model
to describe the gap structure of NbSe_2; and (5)delta_S is more isotropic and
has a three-dimensional-like feature and is located either on the Se or the
bonding Nb Fermi sheets.Comment: 16 pages, 4 figure
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