Ultrahigh critical current densities, the vortex phase diagram, and the effect of granularity of the stoichiometric high-Tc superconductor CaKFe4As4
Abstract
We present a comprehensive study of the critical current densities and the superconducting vortex phase diagram in the stoichiometric superconductor CaKFe4As4 which has a critical temperature of ~35 K. We performed detailed magnetization measurements both of high quality single crystals for different orientations in an applied magnetic field up to 16 T and for a powder sample. We find an extremely large critical current density, Jc, up to 108 A/cm2 for single crystals when H∥(ab) at 5 K, which remains robust in fields up to 16 T, being the largest of any other iron-based superconductor. The critical current density is reduced by a factor 10 in single crystals when H∥c at 5 K and significantly suppressed by the presence of grain boundaries in the powder sample. We also observe the presence of the fishtail effect in the magnetic hysteresis loops of single crystals when H∥c. The flux pinning force density and the pinning parameters suggest that the large critical current could be linked to the existence of point core and surface pinning. Based on the vortex phase diagram and the large critical current densities, CaKFe4As4 is now established as a potential iron-based superconductor candidate for practical applications.
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- Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom)
- Ames Lab. and Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1556119
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1462138
- Report Number(s):
- is-j 9731
Journal ID: ISSN 2475-9953; PRMHAR
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11358; GBMF4411; EP/I004475/1
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 2; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 2475-9953
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
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Singh, Shiv J., Bristow, Matthew, Meier, William R., Taylor, Patrick, Blundell, Stephen J., Canfield, Paul C., and Coldea, Amalia I. Ultrahigh critical current densities, the vortex phase diagram, and the effect of granularity of the stoichiometric high-Tc superconductor CaKFe4As4. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.074802.
Singh, Shiv J., Bristow, Matthew, Meier, William R., Taylor, Patrick, Blundell, Stephen J., Canfield, Paul C., & Coldea, Amalia I. Ultrahigh critical current densities, the vortex phase diagram, and the effect of granularity of the stoichiometric high-Tc superconductor CaKFe4As4. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.074802
Singh, Shiv J., Bristow, Matthew, Meier, William R., Taylor, Patrick, Blundell, Stephen J., Canfield, Paul C., and Coldea, Amalia I. Mon .
"Ultrahigh critical current densities, the vortex phase diagram, and the effect of granularity of the stoichiometric high-Tc superconductor CaKFe4As4". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.074802. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1556119.
@article{osti_1556119,
title = {Ultrahigh critical current densities, the vortex phase diagram, and the effect of granularity of the stoichiometric high-Tc superconductor CaKFe4As4},
author = {Singh, Shiv J. and Bristow, Matthew and Meier, William R. and Taylor, Patrick and Blundell, Stephen J. and Canfield, Paul C. and Coldea, Amalia I.},
abstractNote = {We present a comprehensive study of the critical current densities and the superconducting vortex phase diagram in the stoichiometric superconductor CaKFe4As4 which has a critical temperature of ~35 K. We performed detailed magnetization measurements both of high quality single crystals for different orientations in an applied magnetic field up to 16 T and for a powder sample. We find an extremely large critical current density, Jc, up to 108 A/cm2 for single crystals when H∥(ab) at 5 K, which remains robust in fields up to 16 T, being the largest of any other iron-based superconductor. The critical current density is reduced by a factor 10 in single crystals when H∥c at 5 K and significantly suppressed by the presence of grain boundaries in the powder sample. We also observe the presence of the fishtail effect in the magnetic hysteresis loops of single crystals when H∥c. The flux pinning force density and the pinning parameters suggest that the large critical current could be linked to the existence of point core and surface pinning. Based on the vortex phase diagram and the large critical current densities, CaKFe4As4 is now established as a potential iron-based superconductor candidate for practical applications.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.074802},
journal = {Physical Review Materials},
number = 7,
volume = 2,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jul 30 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Mon Jul 30 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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