Magnetic field induced anisotropy of resistance in YBa2Cu3O<i>x</i> polycrystals
Annotatsiya
A magnetic field induced anisotropy of resistance for different current directions relative to the magnetic field in the superconducting transition region is observed for YBa2Cu3Ox polycrystals with a random equiprobable angular distribution of monocrystalline grain orientations. The anisotropy is shown to be mainly due to the anisotropy in the normal resistance of grains constituting a polycrystal. A stronger anisotropy of the opposite sign is observed in samples with pronounced texture. The anisotropy in isotropic polycrystals vanishes on approaching the percolation threshold and in the vicinity of the superconducting transition temperature.