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Electric and magnetic characterization of NbSe2 single crystals: anisotropic superconducting fluctuations above Tc

F. Soto, H. Berger, L. Cabo, C. Carballeira, J. Mosqueira, D. Pavuna, P. Toimil, F. Vidal

cond-mat.supr-conarXiv:cond-mat/0607383

Abstract

Electric and magnetic characterization of NbSe2 single crystals is first presented in detail. Then, some preliminary measurements of the fluctuation-diamagnetism (FD) above the transition temperature Tc are presented. The moderate uniaxial anisotropy of this compound allowed us to observe the fluctuation effects for magnetic fields H applied in the two main crystallographic orientations. The superconducting parameters resulting from the characterization suggest that it is possible to do a reliable analysis of the FD in terms of the Ginzburg-Landau (GL) theory.

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