Critical Current Density Distribution and Magnetic Flux States in YBa2Cu3O7_δ Bicrystal Grain Boundary Josephson Junctions

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 2184-2187

  Fischer, G M ^a   Mayer, B ^a   Schulze, H ^a   Gross, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); DEPOSITION; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

GRAIN BOUNDARY JOSEPHSON JUNCTIONS; LOW TEMPERATURE SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATIC MAGNETIC FLUX STATES;

JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES;

EID: 0029322455     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: 15582515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.403017     Document Type: Article

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