Strong vortex pinning by elongated, discontinuous defects in Tl-Ba-Ca-Cu-O films

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 9, Issue 2 PART 2, 1999, Pages 2292-2295

  Venturini, Eugene L ^a   Provencio, Paula Newcomer ^a   Doyle, Barney L ^a   Brice, David K ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; ION BOMBARDMENT; MAGNETIZATION; OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MICROSTRUCTURAL DAMAGE; VORTEX PINNING;

SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS;

EID: 0032659573     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.784928     Document Type: Article

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