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    Enhancement of Tc by Sr substitution for Ba in Hg-2212 superconductor

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    The Ba substitution by Sr has been studied in two Hg-2212 series: Hg2(Ba(1-y)Sr(y))2YCu2O8-d and Hg2(Ba(1-y)Sr(y))2(Y0.80Ca0.20)Cu2O8-d. In both series a Tc enhancement of about 40 K is observed when Sr substitutes Ba from y = 0 to y = 1.0. The y = 0 compound of the first series is the non superconducting Hg2Ba2YCu2O8-d prototype. In the second series, this y = 0 compound is already superconducting at 21 K. Indeed the members of this series present a higher charge carrier density in their CuO2 superconducting planes than their homologues of the first series due to the doping introduced by the substitution of 20% of Y by Ca. The compounds of both series were synthesized in high pressure (3.5 GPa) - high temperature (950 - 1050C) conditions. In both cases Sr substitution was successful up to the full replacement of Ba (y = 1.0). The Hg-2212 phases were characterized by XRD, SEM, EDX and a.c. susceptibility.Comment: 14 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in Physica

    Effect of Sr substitution on superconductivity in Hg2(Ba1-ySry)2YCu2O8-d (part2): bond valence sum approach of the hole distribution

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    The effects of Sr substitution on superconductivity, and more particulary the changes induced in the hole doping mechanism, were investigated in Hg2(Ba1-ySry)2YCu2O8-d by a "bond valence sum" analysis with Sr content from y = 0.0 to y = 1.0. A comparison with CuBa2YCu2O7-d and Cu2Ba2YCu2O8 systems suggests a possible explanation of the Tc enhancement from 0 K for y = 0.0 to 42 K for y = 1.0. The charge distribution among atoms of the unit cell was determined from the refined structure, for y = 0.0 to 1.0. It shows a charge transfer to the superconducting CuO2 plane via two doping channels pi(1) and pi(2), i.e. through O2(apical)-Cu and Ba/Sr-O1 bonds respectively.Comment: 13 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matte

    Recrystallization of silicon by pulsed lasers

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    Calculation of the evolution of temperature during pulsed laser annealing has been performed. The results are presented in directly useful figures for the two kinds of laser generally used (YAG, Ruby). The results are compared to various experimental measurements performed by RBS. If the crystallographic quality is quite good, TSC and DLTS measurements have shown that electrically active defects are still present after laser annealing

    DEPTH MEASUREMENT OF THE PHASE CHANGE UNDER PULSED RUBY LASER ANNEALING

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    Irradiation of crystalline silicon by pulsed ruby laser induces a surface phase change. A direct measurement of the maximum thickness phase change is reported. Successful comparison with a thermal model is done

    Direct observation of the influence of the As-Fe-As angle on the Tc of superconducting SmFeAsO1x_{1-x}Fx_{x}

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    The electrical resistivity, crystalline structure and electronic properties calculated from the experimentally measured atomic positions of the compound SmFeAsO0.81_{0.81}F0.19_{0.19} have been studied up to pressures ~20GPa. The correlation between the pressure dependence of the superconducting transition temperature (Tc) and crystallographic parameters on the same sample shows clearly that a regular FeAs4_{4} tetrahedron maximizes Tc, through optimization of carrier transfer to the FeAs planes as indicated by the evolution of the electronic band structures.Comment: 15pages, 4 figure

    INTERACTION BETWEEN ARGON AND DOPANTS IN SPUTTERED a-Si : H

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    The concentrations of As, B, H, Ar and Si in sputtered a-Si : H are measured by helium Rutherford backscattering and nuclear reactions analysis. Excess or deficit of hydrogen and argon by comparison with intrinsic a-Si : H are found in presence of dopants at high deposition rate. This is related to the plasma deposition method and would suggest micro grain structure in the deposited layer
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