Insertion of nanoparticulate artificial pinning centres in YBa 2Cu3O7-x films by laser ablation of a Y 2O3-surface modified target

P. Mele, K. Matsumoto, T. Horide, A. Ichinose, Masashi Mukaida, Y. Yoshida, S. Horii

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    Abstract

    YBa2Cu3O7-x+Y2O3 (YBCO+Y2O3) mixed films were prepared on SrTiO 3/MgO substrates by pulsed-laser deposition from a YBCO target with a thin Y2O3 sector on the top. The pinning properties for the mixed YBCO+Y2O3 thin film were strongly enhanced, especially at the temperatures lower than 77K: the maximum global pinning forces FP for the Y2O3 doped sample are 7.8GNm -3 near 2T at 77K, 54.5GNm-3 near 4T at 65K, and 189GNm-3 near 9T at 40K. In the Y2O3-added samples, except for the plane configuration, the angular dependence of J c showed a plateau, due to the flux pinning by isotropic pinning centres. Y2O3 nanoparticles randomly dispersed inside the YBCO matrix were consistently observed in the cross-sectional TEM images.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number006
    Pages (from-to)616-620
    Number of pages5
    JournalSuperconductor Science and Technology
    Volume20
    Issue number7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jul 1 2007

    All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

    • Ceramics and Composites
    • Condensed Matter Physics
    • Metals and Alloys
    • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    • Materials Chemistry

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