Superconductive REBCO Thin Films and Their Nanocomposites: The Role of Rare-Earth Oxides in Promoting Sustainable Energy

AK Jha, K Matsumoto - Frontiers in Physics, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
The lossless transmission of direct electrical currents in superconductors is very often
regarded as an “energy superhighway” with greatly enhanced efficiency. With the discovery …

The flux-line lattice in superconductors

EH Brandt - Reports on Progress in Physics, 1995‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic flux can penetrate a type-II superconductor in the form of Abrikosov vortices (also
called flux lines, flux tubes, or fluxons) each carrying a quantum of magnetic flux phi 0= h/2e …

Evidence for flux-lattice melting and a dimensional crossover in single-crystal from muon spin rotation studies

SL Lee, P Zimmermann, H Keller, M Warden, IM Savić… - Physical review …, 1993‏ - APS
The microscopic magnetic field distribution in the mixed state of single-crystal Bi 2.15 Sr 1.85
CaCu 2 O 8+ δ has been measured using the muon spin rotation technique. A study of the …

Separation of the Irreversibility and Melting Lines in BSCaC Crystals

D Majer, E Zeldov, M Konczykowski - Physical review letters, 1995‏ - APS
B i 2 S r 2 CaC u 2 O 8 crystal was polished into a prism shape that eliminates the
geometrical barrier and results in a fully reversible magnetization at T≳ 76 K. The vortex …

Giant flux creep through surface barriers and the irreversibility line in high-temperature superconductors

L Burlachkov, VB Geshkenbein, AE Koshelev, AI Larkin… - Physical Review B, 1994‏ - APS
Magnetic and transport phenomena in high-temperature superconductors due to magnetic
flux relaxation and transport over the surface barrier are investigated. Vortex dynamics …

Pinning-force scaling and its limitation in intermediate and high temperature superconductors

V Sandu - Modern Physics Letters B, 2012‏ - World Scientific
We present the scaling law of the pinning force FP in intermediate and high temperature
superconductors, the factors which influence its field and temperature dependence, the …

Fluctuation effects and mixed-state properties of the layered organic superconductors κ-(BEDT-TTFCu(NCS and κ-(BEDT-TTFCu[N(CN]Br

M Lang, F Steglich, N Toyota, T Sasaki - Physical Review B, 1994‏ - APS
We report on dc-magnetization measurements on high-quality single crystals of the organic
superconductors κ-(BEDT-TTF) 2 Cu (NCS) 2 and κ-(BEDT-TTF) 2 Cu [N (CN) 2] Br for fields …

Effects of vortex and antivortex excitations in underdoped bulk single crystals

T Watanabe, K Kosugi, N Sasaki, S Yamaguchi, T Fujii… - Physical Review B, 2024‏ - APS
The observance of vortex and antivortex effects in bulk crystals can prove the existence of
phase-disordered superconductivity in the bulk. To gain insights into the mechanisms that …

Open questions in the magnetic behaviour of high-temperature superconductors

LF Cohen, HJ Jensen - Reports on Progress in Physics, 1997‏ - iopscience.iop.org
A principally experimental review of vortex behaviour in high-temperature superconductors
is presented. The reader is first introduced to the basic concepts needed to understand the …

Nature of the irreversibility line in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8

E Zeldov, D Majer, M Konczykowski, AI Larkin… - Europhysics …, 1995‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Local vortex dynamics in Bi 2 Sr 2 CaCu 2 O 8 single crystals was studied using novel
microscopic GaAs/AlGaAs Hall-sensor arrays. The irreversibility line (IL) is found to exist in …