Articles you may be interested inExcess conductivity analysis and infrared absorption spectroscopy of Mg-doped TlBa2Ca2Cu3O10-δ superconductor Low Temp.High-resolution electrical resistivity ͑T͒ data of as-prepared and O 2 -annealed Cu 0.5 Tl 0.5 Ba 2 Ca 1.5 M 1.5 Cu 4 O 12−␦ ͑M = 0, Be, Mg͒ superconductor samples have been taken for investigating critically the superconducting fluctuations. Using the Aslamazov-Larkin ͑AL͒ and Lawrence-Doniach ͑LD͒ models of excess conductivity, several physical parameters of the models have been estimated. In all the as-prepared and oxygen postannealed samples one crossover temperature and two distinct exponents have been observed. The excess conductivity data of the as-prepared as well as O 2 -annealed undoped sample seem to fit well two-dimensional ͑2D͒, three-dimensional ͑3D͒ AL equations, but for Mg-and Be-doped and their respective oxygen annealed samples do not seem to fit well with 2DAL and 3DAL equations with one distinct crossover temperature. We observed two more critical regions: −4.86Ͻ ln͑͒ Ͻ −3.76 and −4.76 Ͻ ln͑͒ Ͻ −1.63 in the Mg-and Be-doped Cu 0.5 Tl 0.5 Ba 2 Ca 1.5 M 1.5 Cu 4 O 12-␦ ͑M = 0, Be, Mg͒ samples, giving exponents of Ϫ0.37 and Ϫ0.79, respectively. The interlayer coupling strength J is found to increase with increased Mg or Be content and oxygen postannealing. The critical temperatures ͑T c ͒ varies from 99 to 116 K and the transition widths ͑⌬T c ͒, estimated from dp / dT͑T͒ plots by using the full width at half maximum of the peaks, come out to be lying between 1.91 and 6.28 K for all samples, indicating a sharp transition.