On the through-thickness critical current density of an YBa 2Cu 3O 7-x film containing a high density of insulating, vortex-pinning nanoprecipitates

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 25, 2007, Pages

  Kim, S I ^a   Kametani, F ^a   Chen, Z ^a   Gurevich, A ^a   Larbalestier, D C ^a   Haugan, T ^b   Barnes, P ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PINNING FORCE; THICKNESS DEPENDENCE; VORTEX-PINNING NANOPRECIPITATES;

DEFECT DENSITY; FILM THICKNESS; NANOPARTICLES; SINGLE CRYSTALS; THICK FILMS; YTTRIUM BARIUM COPPER OXIDES;

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY);

EID: 34547287378     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2749437     Document Type: Article

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