Improved strong magnetic field performance of low angle grain boundaries of calcium and oxygen overdoped YBa2Cu3Ox
- 13 November 2000
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 77 (20) , 3251-3253
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1322053
Abstract
Critical currents and extended voltage–current characteristics of [001] tilt, low angle boundaries in thin film bicrystals of pure YBa2Cu3Ox and Y0.7Ca0.3Ba2Cu3Ox in strong magnetic fields (H<10 T) have been measured. For 5°[001] tilt boundaries, there are clear benefits to Ca additions, particularly when the sample is oxygen treated to further overdope the sample after growth. Ca-doping decreases excess grain boundary resistance and diminishes the gap between inter- and intragrain current density over a wide field and temperature range. In spite of the lower Tc of the 0.3 Ca-doped samples, Ca doping increases the intergrain critical current density at 44 K as high as 30% over 0–3 T and threefold at 5 T.Keywords
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