Conductivity of anisotropic inhomogeneous superconductors above the critical temperature

We propose a model and derive analytical expressions for conductivity in heterogeneous fully anisotropic conductors with ellipsoid superconducting inclusions. This model and calculations are useful to analyze the observed temperature dependence of conductivity anisotropy in various anisotropic superconductors, where superconductivity onset happens inhomogeneously in the form of isolated superconducting islands. The results are applied to explain the experimental data on resistivity above the transition temperature T_c in the high-temperature superconductor YBa₂Cu₄O₈ and in the organic superconductor β -(BEDT_{-TTF ) 2}I₃ . The comparison of resistivity data and diamagnetic response in β -(BEDT_{-TTF ) 2}I₃ allows us to estimate the size of superconducting inclusions as d ∼1 μ m .