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Explanation of low critical currents in flat, bulk versus meandering, thin-film [001] tilt bicrystal grain boundaries in YBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 7}

Journal Article · · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter
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  1. Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)
Thin-film and bulk [001] tilt, bicrystal grain boundaries in YBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 7} exhibit a strong dependence of critical current density on misorientation angle. What is particularly difficult to understand is its thirty times {ital lower} magnitude in bulk grain boundaries which are microscopically more perfect, i.e., flatter, minimally faceted, and free of impurity phases. A plausible explanation, based on differences of the pinning of Josephson vortices in these grain boundary types, is proposed here. {copyright} {ital 1998} {ital The American Physical Society}
OSTI ID:
659333
Journal Information:
Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter, Journal Name: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter Journal Issue: 14 Vol. 58; ISSN 0163-1829; ISSN PRBMDO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English