Title :
Critical Current Densities of Isolated Grain Boundaries in Coated Conductors
Author :
Weigand, Marcus ; Speller, Susannah ; Rutter, Noel A. ; Hughes, Gareth M. ; Grovenor, Chris ; Durrell, John H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Metall., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
fDate :
6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We report on a new technique to isolate grain boundaries (GBs) and single grains in YBa2Cu3O7-delta coated conductors using a focused ion beam microscope. The critical current density Jc of a GB measured for magnetic fields applied perpendicular to the film surface showed hysteretic behavior. For fields applied in-plane a very different angular dependence of Jc was found for a bridge patterned across a GB and a second one placed within a grain.
Keywords :
barium compounds; critical current density (superconductivity); grain boundaries; high-temperature superconductors; hysteresis; yttrium compounds; YBa2Cu3O7-delta; coated conductor; critical current density; focused ion beam microscope; hysteresis; isolated grain boundaries; Coated conductors; YBCO; grain boundaries;
Journal_Title :
Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TASC.2009.2019667