Surface decomposition of superconducting YBa2Cu3O7

Effect of Sintering Conditions on Microstructure and the Superconducting Properties of YBa2Cu3O7 x

YBa2Cu3O7-X tapes fabricated from precursor powder, were used to investigate the effect of sintering conditions on the microstructure. The sintering experiments were carried out in oxygen over the temperature range of 915-950ْC. Scanning electron microscopy was used to examine the sintered products. The result indicated a significant increase in densification and grain growth when the tapes were...

Ferromagnetic/superconducting proximity effect in La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 /YBa2Cu3O7−δ superlattices

Current-driven vortex dynamics in untwinned YBa2Cu3O7 superconducting single crystals

Current-driven vortex dynamics of type-II superconductors in the weak-pinning limit is investigated by quantitatively studying the current-dependent vortex dissipation of an untwinned YBa2Cu3O7 single crystal. For applied current densities (J ) substantially larger than the critical current density (Jc), non-linear resistive peaks appear below the thermodynamic firstorder vortex-lattice melting...

High Quality YBa2Cu3O7-x Superconducting Thin Films Grown by MOCVD

YBCO thin films have been grown by Metal Organic Chemical Vapour Deposition in ;I cold wall type reactor. The 0-diketonates of yttrium, barium and copper are used as precursors. Filrna have bcen deposited on (001 I MgO and (012) LaA103 single crystalline substrates. The morphology is very dependant on thc gas p h a x composition. Different oxygen partial pressures have been investigated. An inc...

Impurity-induced local magnetism and density of states in the superconducting state of YBa2Cu3O7.

17O NMR is used to probe the local influence of nonmagnetic Zn and magnetic Ni impurities in the superconducting state of optimally doped high TC YBa2Cu3O7. Zn and Ni induce a staggered paramagnetic polarization, similar to that evidenced above TC, with a typical extension xi=3 cell units for Zn and xi>or=3 for Ni. In addition, Zn is observed to induce a local density of states near the Fermi e...