Influence of irradiation-induced correlated and random disorder on flux pinning in bulk YBCO melt-textured samples

Journal of Superconductivity

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 541-548

  Ghigo, G ^a   Gerbaldo, R ^a   Gozzelino, L ^a   Mezzetti, E ^a   Minetti, B ^a   Wisniewski, A ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Critical current; Flux pinning; Ion irradiation; YBCO

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); GOLD; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; ION BOMBARDMENT; SURFACE STRUCTURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FLUX PINNING; PROTON IRRADIATION;

OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 0031247788     PISSN: 08961107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02767692     Document Type: Article

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