Microwave-enhanced superconductivity and transport properties of Y-Ba-Cu-O bicrystal weak-links

Author

Fu, C.M. ; Juang, J.Y. ; Chen, M.F. ; Wu, K.H. ; Uen, T.M. ; Gou, Y.S.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electrophys., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

Volume

5

Issue

2

fYear

1995

fDate

6/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2196

Lastpage

2199

Abstract

The effects of the tilt angle on microwave-enhanced transition temperatures and critical currents of YBCO bicrystal weak-links have been investigated. It was found that, with smaller grain boundary tilt angles (e.g. 24/spl deg/), the enhancement was small, displaying essentially the same behavior as that manifested in intragranular regions. By contrast, when the tilt angle was increased from 36.8/spl deg/ to 45/spl deg/, noticeable Tc enhancement was found to occur even at low input microwave powers. The results were compared to the temperature dependent critical current, in order to delineate possible correlations between the two physical parameters.<>

Keywords

Josephson effect; barium compounds; bicrystals; critical currents; grain boundaries; high-temperature superconductors; superconducting junction devices; superconducting transition temperature; yttrium compounds; YBCO bicrystal weak-links; YBaCuO; critical currents; grain boundary tilt angles; microwave-enhanced superconductivity; transition temperatures; transport properties; Bridge circuits; Critical current; Frequency; Grain boundaries; SQUIDs; Superconducting device noise; Superconducting microwave devices; Superconductivity; Temperature dependence; Yttrium barium copper oxide;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/77.403020

Filename

403020