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Ginsberg, Donald M. Rice, Joseph Paul 2011-05-07T12:27:20Z 2011-05-07T12:27:20Z 10000-01-01 1992 We measured the Hall effect in untwinned single-crystal YBa$\sb2$Cu$\sb3$O$\sb{\rm 7-y}$, a high-T$\sb{\rm c}$ superconductor. The crystals were grown using a technique that we invented, in which untwinned domains are produced naturally without applying stress to the sample. The Hall effect measurements were directed at understanding fluctuation phenomena just above T$\sb{\rm c},$ where small regions of a sample experience short-lived thermodynamic fluctuations into the superconducting state. Effects from these fluctuations appear in the temperature dependences of the Hall coefficient and conductivity as substantial deviations from the 1/T normal-state behavior. Because the original Fukuyama, Ebisawa, and Tsuzuki theory of the fluctuation-induced Hall effect is for an isotropic superconductor and YBa$\sb2$Cu$\sb3$O$\sb{\rm 7-y}$ is a layered material, we compared our data to an extended version. We calculated terms that were lacking and corrected mistakes in the literature to arrive at a complete and consistent theory for the effect of fluctuations on the Hall effect in a layered superconductor. From the fits of this theory to our data we were able to obtain fundamental information, such as the size of the superconducting coherence length and the nature of the coupling of the superconducting planes within the crystal structure of YBa$\sb2$Cu$\sb3$O$\sb{\rm 7-y}$. Below T$\sb{\rm c}$, we obtained information about vortex motion from the Hall effect and magnetoresistance. For example, we found that the Hall resistivity changes sign over a certain range of magnetic field and temperature below T$\sb{\rm c}$, even in untwinned crystals. Thus this anomalous behavior, originally discovered in twinned samples, is not due to effects of twin planes. Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T12:27:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4922 bytes, checksum: 910b249b4beec47e7ab768910c8f966f (MD5) 9305667.pdf: 7497010 bytes, checksum: 41e59d964233c66d8d21c8385a06f4db (MD5) Previous issue date: 1992 Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by Howard Ding (hding2@illinois.edu) on 2011-05-07T14:41:15Z Item is restricted indefinitely. Restriction data tranferred 2014-07-01T11:17:49-05:00 Original Data Group with Access UIUC Users [automated] Release Date: none Reason: ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission U of I Only AAI9305667 (UMI)AAI9305667 http://hdl.handle.net/2142/20054 eng Copyright 1992 Rice, Joseph Paul Physics, Electricity and Magnetism Physics, Condensed Matter Engineering, Materials Science The Hall effect in untwinned single-crystal superconducting yttrium barium(2) copper(3) oxygen(7-y) text Physics Physics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.