Journal article

Transport property improvement by means of BZO inclusions in PLD grown YBCO thin films

A Augieri, V Galluzzi, G Celentano, AA Angrisani, A Mancini, A Rufoloni, A Vannozzi, E Silva, N Pompeo, T Petrisor, L Ciontea, U Gambardella, S Rubanov

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity | IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC | Published : 2009

Abstract

A detailed study on YBa2Cu3O7-6 (YBCO) films with BaZro3 (BZO) inclusions (YBCO-BZO) deposited on substrate with different BZO contents is presented. X ray diffraction, SEM imaging and superconductive critical temperature (Tc) measurements were performed to evaluate film growth quality. Independently from the BZO content, all YBCO-BZO films showed Tc values close to that of pure YBCO indicating that the Tc reduction which is usually observed on YBCO-BZO films can be successfully recovered by changing the deposition conditions. All YBCO-BZO films showed an improved critical current density (Jc) dependence on magnetic field if compared to the typical Jc(H) of YBCO, resulting in higher irrevers..

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