(1) Los Alamos National Laboratory, 87545 Los Alamos, New Mexico;(2) Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Ave., 02215 Boston, Massachusetts;(3) AT&T Bell Laboratories, 101 Crawford's Corner Road, 07733-3030 Holmdel, New Jersey
Abstract:
We have measured the upper critical fieldHC2(T) of YBa2Cu3O7 (YBCO) thin films in magnetic fields up to 140 T forH applied parallel to thec-axis of the film. The critical field in the zero-temperature limit is 138 T, and the temperature dependence does not fit any simple model.