Anomalous behavior of the Hall effect in electron-doped superconductor Nd₂₋xCexCuO₄₊δ with nonstoichiometric disorder

Abstract

Magnetoresistivity and Hall effect measured in magnetic fields up to B=9T (B║c, J║ab) in electrondoped Nd₂₋xCexCuO₄₊δ single crystal films with x = 0.14; 0.15; 0.18 and different oxygen content (δ) were studied in a temperature range of 0.4–4.2 K. The resistivity and Hall coefficient behaviors in the mixed state are discussed in the framework of flux-flow model with the inclusion of the back-flow of vortices owing to the pinning forces.