Vortices in high-performance high-temperature superconductors

WK Kwok, U Welp, A Glatz, AE Koshelev… - Reports on Progress …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The behavior of vortex matter in high-temperature superconductors (HTS) controls the entire
electromagnetic response of the material, including its current carrying capacity. Here, we …

Radiation effects on iron-based superconductors

M Eisterer - Superconductor Science and Technology, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
This article reviews the results of irradiation experiments on iron-based superconductors,
with particular emphasis on neutron irradiation. These experiments were either done to …

Quadrupling the depairing current density in the iron-based superconductor SmFeAsO1–xHx

M Miura, S Eley, K Iida, K Hanzawa, J Matsumoto… - Nature Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Iron-based 1111-type superconductors display high critical temperatures and relatively high
critical current densities J c. The typical approach to increasing J c is to introduce defects to …

Challenges and transformative opportunities in superconductor vortex physics

S Eley, A Glatz, R Willa - Journal of Applied Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In superconductors, the motion of vortices introduces unwanted dissipation that is disruptive
to applications. Fortunately, material defects can immobilize vortices, acting as vortex …

Second magnetization peak effect, vortex dynamics and flux pinning in 112-type superconductor Ca0.8La0.2Fe1−xCoxAs2

W Zhou, X **ng, W Wu, H Zhao, Z Shi - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Investigation of vortex pinning and its relaxation is of great importance for both basic physics
and technological applications in the field of superconductivity. We report a great …

Universal lower limit on vortex creep in superconductors

S Eley, M Miura, B Maiorov, L Civale - Nature materials, 2017 - nature.com
Superconductors are excellent testbeds for studying vortices, topological excitations that
also appear in superfluids, liquid crystals and Bose–Einstein condensates. Vortex motion …

Intrinsic pinning of FeSe1− xSx single crystals probed by torque magnetometry

N Zhou, Y Sun, Q Hou, T Sakakibara, XZ **ng… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Intrinsic pinning is caused by natural pinning centers that occur because of the modulation
of the order parameter or weak superconducting layers. Early work has shown that intrinsic …

Significant enhancement of critical current density in H+-intercalated FeSe single crystal

Y Meng, W Wei, X **ng, X Yi, N Zhou… - Superconductor …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Superconducting transition temperature (T c) and critical current density (J c) are two key
factors that are not only crucial for probing high temperature superconducting mechanism …

Developments of (Ba, Na) Fe2As2 and CaKFe4As4 HIP round wires

T Tamegai, S Pyon, D Miyawaki… - Superconductor …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
With excellent superconducting properties such as high T c, large H c2, small anisotropy,
and large J c, developments of superconducting wires and tapes of iron-based …

Imaging anisotropic vortex dynamics in FeSe

IP Zhang, JC Palmstrom, H Noad, L Bishop-Van Horn… - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
Strong vortex pinning in FeSe could be useful for technological applications and could
provide clues about the coexistence of superconductivity and nematicity. To characterize the …