MAGNETORESISTANCE IN Bi_1.8Pb_0.4Sr₂Ca₂Cu₃O_y THICK FILM

Abstract

The magnetoresistance curves of Bi(2223) thick film were measured near T c with applied magnetic field parallel and perpendicular to the c axis ranging up to 0.12 T. The results show that thermally activated flux flow region does not exist very close to T c and magnetoresistive transition can be well described by a thermally activated flux flow process below 108.5 K and at lower magnetic field. The relation between applied magnetic field H and temperature T was found to fit with “irreversibility line.”