Strong flux pinning by magnetic interlayers compatible with YBa 2Cu3O7-δ

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 21, Issue 3 PART 3, 2011, Pages 3159-3161

  Wimbush, Stuart C ^a   Durrell, John H ^a   Blamire, Mark G ^a   MacManus Driscoll, Judith L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED FIELD; INTRINSIC PINNING; LOW FIELD; MAGNETIC INTERLAYERS; MAGNETIC PINNING; MULTI-LAYER THIN FILM; SRTIO;

FILM PREPARATION; FLUX PINNING; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MULTILAYERS; YTTRIUM BARIUM COPPER OXIDES;

POINT DEFECTS;

EID: 79957948829     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2010.2097574     Document Type: Article

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