Practical vortex diodes from pinning enhanced YBa2Cu3O7-d

S. A. Harrington; J. L. MacManus-Driscoll; J. H. Durrell

doi:10.1063/1.3182735

Practical vortex diodes from pinning enhanced YBa2Cu3O7-d

Superconductivity 2009-09-15 v3

Authors: S. A. Harrington , J. L. MacManus-Driscoll , J. H. Durrell

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Abstract

We identify a scalable, practical route to fabricating a superconducting diode. The device relies for its function on the barrier to flux vortex entry being reduced at the substrate interface of a superconducting pinning enhanced YBa2Cu3O7-d nano-composite film. We show that these composite systems provide a practical route to fabricating a useful superconducting diode and demonstrate the rectification of an alternating current.

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@article{arxiv.0904.3497,
  title  = {Practical vortex diodes from pinning enhanced YBa2Cu3O7-d},
  author = {S. A. Harrington and J. L. MacManus-Driscoll and J. H. Durrell},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.3497},
  year   = {2009}
}

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