Origin of high critical currents in YBa2Cu3O(7-δ) superconducting thin films

Nature

Volumn 399, Issue 6735, 1999, Pages 439-442

  Dam, B ^a   Huijbregtse, J M ^a   Klaassen, F C ^a   Van Der Geest, R C F ^a   Doornbos, G ^a   Rector, J H ^a   Testa, A M ^b   Frelsem, S ^c   Martinez, J C ^d   Stauble Pumpin B ^e   Griessen, R ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS; YTTRIUM BARIUM COPPER OXIDES;

VORTEX PINNING;

SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS;

BARIUM; COPPER; METAL OXIDE; OXYGEN DERIVATIVE; YTTRIUM;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; FILM; LASER; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033519692     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/20880     Document Type: Article

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