Combined effect of a single grain boundary and artificial pinning centers on the critical current density in a YBa2Cu3O 7-δ thin film

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Horide, T ^a   Matsumoto, K ^a   Yoshida, Y ^b   Mukaida, M ^c   Ichinose, A ^d   Horii, S ^e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SUBSTRATES;

BICRYSTAL; PINNING CENTERS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33750466507     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2364186     Document Type: Article

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