Intergrain Josephson Currents in Multigap Superconductors: Microscopic Origin of Low Intergrain Critical Current and Its Recovery Potential in Iron-Pnictide Materials

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Ota, Yukihiro ^a,c   Machida, Masahiko ^a,c   Koyama, Tomio ^b,c  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intergrain critical current; Iron pnictide superconductors; Josephson junctions; Multigap superconductors

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349694112     PISSN: 00319015     EISSN: 13474073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.78.103701     Document Type: Article

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