Implications evinced by the phase diagram, anisotropy, magnetic penetration depths, isotope effects and conductivities of cuprate superconductors

Abstract

Anisotropy, thermal and quantum fluctuations and their dependence on dopant concentration appear to be present in all cuprate superconductors, interwoven with the microscopic mechanisms responsible for superconductivity. Here we review anisotropy, in-plane and c-axis penetration depths, isotope effect and conductivity measurements to reassess the universal behavior of cuprates as revealed by the doping dependence of these phenomena and of the transition temperature.

14 pages, 13 figures

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• The order of the metal to superconductor transition
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• Finite size effect in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O(8+d) and YBa2Cu3O6.7 probed by the in-plane and out of plane penetration depths
• Relationship between the isotope effects on transition temperature, specific heat and penetration depths
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• Competition between anisotropy and superconductivity in organic and cuprate superconductors

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• Correlation between oxygen isotope effects on the transition temperature and the magnetic penetration depth in high-temperature superconductors close to optimal doping
• Evidence for charged critical behavior in the pyrochlore superconductor RbOs2O6
• Pressure effects on the superconducting properties of YBa_2Cu_4O_8
• Magnetic field induced 3D to 1D crossover in type II superconductors
• Implications of the isotope effects on the magnetization, magnetic torque and susceptibility
• Generalization of interlayer tunneling models to cuprate superconductors with charge density waves