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Microstructures and critical currents in high-{Tc} superconductors

Conference ·
OSTI ID:676879
Microstructural defects are the primary determining factors for the values of critical-current densities in a high {Tc} superconductor after the electronic anisotropy along the a-b plane and the c-direction. A review is made to assess firstly what would be the maximum achievable critical-current density in YBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 7} if nearly ideal pinning sites were introduced and secondly what types of pinning defects are currently introduced or exist in YBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 7} and how effective are these in pinning vortices.
Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab., Dept. of Applied Science, Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-98CH10886
OSTI ID:
676879
Report Number(s):
BNL--65827; CONF-980766--; ON: DE99000587; BR: KC0201030
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English