Influence of twins on the critical current in YBaCuO single crystals

Autor: V. I. Nikitenko, A.A. Polyanskii, L.A. Dorosinskii, V.K. Vlasko-Vlasov
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: Physica C: Superconductivity. 219:81-86
ISSN: 0921-4534
Popis: Induction profiles in an inhomogeneously twinned YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-δ single crystal were measured using a recently developed magneto-optic technique. The critical current value J c was derived from these profiles and temperature dependences of J c for twinned and untwinned regions were built. Twin boundaries are shown to contribute essentially to pinning at temperatures above 45 K, while at lower temperatures other defects dominate. A model is suggested which explains the exponential character of J c ( T ) obtained for the untwinned region.
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