High-field paramagnetic Meissner effect up to 14 T in melt-textured YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7 –δ

Autor: B. K. Sahoo, Cristol de Paiva Gouvêa, Fábio Teixeira Dias, V. N. Vieira, Erik Kampert, Teresa Puig, Joan Josep Roa, A.P.C. Campos, Frederik Wolff-Fabris, Xavier Obradors, Jacob Schaf, B. S. Archanjo
Přispěvatelé: Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (Brasil), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Brasil), European Commission, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Ciència dels Materials i Enginyeria Metal·lúrgica, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. CIEFMA - Centre d'Integritat Estructural, Fiabilitat i Micromecànica dels Materials, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. CIEFMA - Centre d'Integritat Estructural, Micromecànica i Fiabilitat dels Materials
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
Flux pinning
Magnetism
microstructure
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
02 engineering and technology
Magnetic flux compression
system
01 natural sciences
Magnetization
josephson-junction arrays
yba2cu3o7-y2bacuo5 composites
Paramagnetism
Condensed Matter::Superconductivity
0103 physical sciences
Paramagnetic Meissner effect
time-dependence
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
enhanced critical currents
010306 general physics
Magnetització
Physics
single-crystals
Condensed matter physics
Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC]
ac magnetic-susceptibility
Relaxation (NMR)
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Condensed Matter Physics
high-temperature superconductors
Magnetic flux
3. Good health
Electronic
Optical and Magnetic Materials

Magnetic anisotropy
Meissner effect
nb
0210 nano-technology
Vortex pinning
Magnetic relaxation
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Popis: Dias, Fábio Teixeira et al.
We have performed magnetization experiments in a melt-textured YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7- δ(Y123) sample with Y 2 BaCuO 5 (Y211) inclusions, under magnetic fields up to 14 T applied parallel or perpendicular to the ab plane. Magnetic anisotropy and paramagnetic moments were observed in both FC (field-cooling) and FCW (field-cooled warming) procedures and these features correspond to the so-called High-Field Para- magnetic Meissner Effect (HFPME). The HFPME effect increases monotonically as the magnetic field rises and a strong paramagnetic relaxation, toward increasing paramagnetic moment was additionally observed as a function of time. Microscopy analysis revealed a complex and correlated microstructure of the Y211 particles. These correlated defects are well known to cause strong flux pinning. Our results suggest a sce- nario of strong flux compression within weak or non-superconducting regions of the samples, developed as a consequence of the Meissner effect and assisted by strong flux pinning by the Y211 particles. This scenario is observed up to 14 T and clearly persists beyond.
This work was financed by the Brazilian MCTI/CNPq Univer- sal 14/2012 (contract number 477506/2012-7 ). The experimental work at the HLD was supported by Euromagnet II (contract num- ber 228043 ).
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