Dynamical scaling of oxygen ordering in YBa2Cu3O7- delta.

Abstract

Comptuer simulation on a two-dimensional anisotropic lattice-gas model of oxygen ordering in high-${\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{c}}$ supeconductors of the ${\mathrm{YBa}}_{2}$${\mathrm{Cu}}_{3}$${\mathrm{O}}_{7\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}\mathrm{\ensuremath{\delta}}}$ -type shows that the ordering dynamics obey algebraic growth laws which are different in the ortho-I and ortho-II phases. It is possible to relate this dynamical scaling behavior to a similar scaling in the experimentally observed temporal variation of the superconductivity transition temperature, hence suggesting a specific coupling between the coherence of oxygen order in the basal Cu-O planes and the superconducting state.