Current-density enhancements of the highest-Tc superconductors with GeV protons

J. R. Thompson; L. Krusin-Elbaum; D. K. Christen; K. J. Song; M. Paranthaman; J. L. Ullmann; J. Z. Wu; Z. F. Ren; J. H. Wang; J. E. Tkaczyk; J. A. DeLuca

doi:10.1063/1.119601

Current-density enhancements of the highest-T_c superconductors with GeV protons

J. R. Thompson^*
, L. Krusin-Elbaum
, D. K. Christen
, K. J. Song
, M. Paranthaman
, J. L. Ullmann
, J. Z. Wu
, Z. F. Ren
, J. H. Wang
, J. E. Tkaczyk
, J. A. DeLuca

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In several Tl- and Hg-based high-T_c. superconducting materials, vortex-pinning defects were formed by irradiation with 0.8 GeV protons. The protons cause heavy constituent nuclei (Tl, Hg, Bi, ...) to fission, which generates randomly oriented tracks. These columnar defects lead to significant enhancements in the current-conducting properties. We investigated bulk materials and thin films, irradiated with or without Pb or Au "amplifier foil" overlayers, which increase the number of column-creating fission fragments.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	536-538
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	71
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.119601
State	Published - 1997.07.28

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