Zero-field current-voltage characteristics in high-temperature superconductors

Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications

Volumn 270, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 242-248

  Katona, Thomas M ^a   Pierson, Stephen W ^a,b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Life Science and Bioengineering Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Current voltage characteristics; I T phase diagram

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; PHASE DIAGRAMS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

VOLT-AMPERE CHARACTERISTICS;

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 0030264510     PISSN: 09214534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4534(96)00521-7     Document Type: Article

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