Investigation of thick PLD-GdBCO and ZrO2 doped GdBCO coated conductors with high critical current on PLD-CeO2 capped IBAD-GZO substrate tapes

K Takahashi, H Kobayashi, Y Yamada… - Superconductor …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
In order to increase the critical current, I c, we have fabricated thick GdBa 2 Cu 3 O 7− δ
(GdBCO) coated conductors (CCs) by the pulsed laser deposition (PLD) method on PLD …

Mechanisms of weak thickness dependence of the critical current density in strong-pinning ex situ metal–organic-deposition-route YBa2Cu3O7− x coated conductors

SI Kim, A Gurevich, X Song, X Li… - Superconductor …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on the thickness dependence of the superconducting characteristics including
critical current I c, critical current density J c, transition temperature T c, irreversibility field H …

Critical currents of ex situ thin films on rolling assisted biaxially textured substrates: Thickness, field, and temperature dependencies

AO Ijaduola, JR Thompson, R Feenstra… - Physical Review B …, 2006 - APS
The critical current density J c flowing in thin Y Ba 2 Cu 3 O 7− δ (YBCO) films of various
thicknesses d has been studied magnetometrically, both as a function of applied field H and …

Strong enhancement of flux pinning in YBa2Cu3O7− δ multilayers with columnar defects comprised of self-assembled BaZrO3 nanodots

S Kang, KJ Leonard, PM Martin, J Li… - … Science and Technology, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Multilayer structures comprising YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7− δ (YBCO) films with columns of
self-assembled BaZrO 3 (BZO) nanodots with interlayers of CeO 2 or pure YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7 …

Progress in research, development, and pre-commercial deployment of second generation HTS wires in the USA

RA Hawsey, DK Christen - Physica C: Superconductivity and its …, 2006 - Elsevier
US efforts to develop and deploy “second generation”(2G) high-temperature
superconducting (HTS) wires that use the compound Y1Ba2Cu3Ox (YBCO) or other rare …

Grain orientations and grain boundary networks of YBa2Cu3O7− δ films deposited by metalorganic and pulsed laser deposition on biaxially textured Ni–W substrates

DM Feldmann, TG Holesinger, C Cantoni… - Journal of materials …, 2006 - cambridge.org
We report a detailed study of the grain orientations and grain boundary (GB) networks in
YBa2Cu3O7-δ (YBCO) films∼ 0.8 μm thick grown by both the in situ pulsed laser deposition …

A strategy for the reduction of ac losses in YBCO coated conductors

SP Ashworth, F Grilli - Superconductor Science and Technology, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
YBCO coated conductors (CCs) are being developed with extremely high dc critical currents,
which should allow their extensive use in power applications. However, the CCs …

Identification of the misfit dislocations at YBa2Cu3O7− δ/SrTiO3 interface using moiré fringe contrast

H Wang, SR Foltyn, PN Arendt, QX Jia… - … C: Superconductivity and …, 2006 - Elsevier
Misfit dislocations at YBa2Cu3O7− δ (YBCO)/SrTiO3 (STO) interfaces were studied to
understand effects which could be responsible for the high interfacial Jc in YBCO thin films …

Effect of interlayer magnetic coupling on the Jc of YBa2Cu3O7/insulator/YBa2Cu3O7 trilayers

X Wang, JZ Wu - Applied physics letters, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
We have studied critical current density (J c) in YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7− x/insulator/YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7−
x trilayers as the interlayer magnetic coupling is reduced by increasing the insulator …

AC losses in superconducting composite strips in a magnetic field in the form of a standing wave

V Sokolovsky, V Meerovich - Physica C: Superconductivity, 2006 - Elsevier
Analytical expressions for the evaluation of AC losses in a superconductor–metal composite
strip in a nonuniform AC magnetic field having the form of a standing wave are derived. The …