TY - JOUR
T1 - Electrical resistivity of Sr14-xAxCu24O41 (A = Ca, La) single crystals
T2 - Localization of hole pairs in the ladder
AU - Kudo, K.
AU - Ishikawa, S.
AU - Noji, T.
AU - Adachi, T.
AU - Koike, Y.
AU - Maki, K.
AU - Tsuji, S.
AU - Kumagai, K.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by CREST of Japan Science and Technology Corporation.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - We have investigated the electrical resistivity ρ and the magnetic susceptibility of Sr14-xAxCu24O41 (A = Ca,La) single crystals. The Arrhenius plot of In ρ versus T-1 exhibits a bend at a temperature Tρ and gives two kinds of activation energy above and below Tρ. The activation energy at low temperatures below Tρ is in approximate agreement with the spin gap in the ladder. Accordingly, it appears that hole pairs are localized at T < Tρ and that thermally activated single-holes contribute to the electrical conduction at T < Tρ.
AB - We have investigated the electrical resistivity ρ and the magnetic susceptibility of Sr14-xAxCu24O41 (A = Ca,La) single crystals. The Arrhenius plot of In ρ versus T-1 exhibits a bend at a temperature Tρ and gives two kinds of activation energy above and below Tρ. The activation energy at low temperatures below Tρ is in approximate agreement with the spin gap in the ladder. Accordingly, it appears that hole pairs are localized at T < Tρ and that thermally activated single-holes contribute to the electrical conduction at T < Tρ.
KW - Activation energy
KW - Hole pairing
KW - Ladder-type superconductor
KW - Spin gap
KW - Spin ladder systems
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U2 - 10.1016/S0921-4526(99)02309-1
DO - 10.1016/S0921-4526(99)02309-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033689997
SN - 0921-4526
VL - 284-288
SP - 651
EP - 652
JO - Physica B: Condensed Matter
JF - Physica B: Condensed Matter
IS - PART I
ER -