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The dependence of the critical current density Jc on hydrostatic pressure to 0.6 GPa is determined for a single 25-degree [001]-tilt grain boundary in a bicrystalline ring of nearly optimally doped melt-textured YBa2Cu3Ox. Jc is found to…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 T. Tomita , J. S. Schilling , L. Chen , B. W. Veal , H. Claus

The superconducting upper critical field $H_{c2}(T)$ of a two dimensional BCS superconductor is calculated in the vicinity of a van-Hove singularity. The zero temperature upper critical field is strongly enhanced at weak coupling when the…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 R. G. Dias , J. M. Wheatley

The critical current density (Jc) through a superconductor in high magnetic fields is controlled by the inclusions and microstructure of the material that hold fluxons stationary to keep the resistance zero and is described using…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-11-26 George J. Carty , Damian P. Hampshire

We report on the thickness dependence of the superconducting characteristics including critical current Ic, critical current density Jc, transition temperature Tc, irreversibility field Hirr, bulk pinning force plot Fp(H), and the normal…

The critical current density Jc in high-Tc superconductors (HTS) often shows a maximum at field far above the self-field. We study this peak effect(PE) with the nonlinear I-V response of type-II superconductors and find analytical equation…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 W. Wang , Z. Qi , H. Y. Xu , F. R. Wang , C. Y. Li , D. L. Yin

Magnesium diboride superconducting wires give the largest critical current density (Jc) when produced with iron sheath. Because iron is ferromagnetic, it is expected to improve the field dependence of Jc by shielding of the external field…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Horvat

Boundary conditions for unconventional superconducting order parameter are obtained on the basis of a microscopic theory. The upper critical field in a superconducting film is examined for unconventional superconductors with two-component…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 Yu. S. Barash , A. V. Galaktionov , A. A. Svidzinsky

We develop a general theory to account self-consistently for self-field effects upon the average transport critical current density Jc of a flat type-II superconducting strip in the mixed state when the bulk pinning is characterized by a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-08-31 Ali A. Babaei Brojeny , John R. Clem

An exact analytical solution is given for the critical state problem in long thin superconductor strips in a perpendicular magnetic field, when the critical current density j_c(B) depends on the local induction B according to a simple…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 Grigorii P. Mikitik , Ernst Helmut Brandt

Generally, studies of the critical current Ic are necessary if superconductors are to be of practical use because Ic sets the current limit below which there is a zero-resistance state. Here, we report a peak in the pressure dependence of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-04-05 Soon-Gil Jung , Soonbeom Seo , Sangyun Lee , Eric D. Bauer , Han-Oh Lee , Tuson Park

Critical current density (Jc), thermal activation energy (U0), and upper critical field (Hc2) of La1-xSmxO0.5F0.5BiS2 (x = 0.2, 0.8) superconductors are investigated from magnetic field dependent \r{ho}(T) studies. The estimated upper…

We report the temperature dependent magnetic penetration depth $\lambda(T)$ and the superconducting critical field $H_{c2}(T)$ in a 500-nm MgB$_{2}$ film. Our analysis of the experimental results takes into account the two gap nature of the…

The estimation of the critical current ($I_c$) and AC losses of high-temperature superconductor (HTS) devices through modeling and simulation requires the knowledge of the critical current density ($J_c$) of the superconducting material.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-02-01 Víctor M. R. Zermeño , Krzysztof Habelok , Mariusz Stępień , Francesco Grilli

Superconductivity has been found in RuN films obtained by reactive magnetron sputtering. This is a novel member of the metal nitride superconductors family. The critical temperature of the superconducting transition varies depending on the…

Thin superconducting films form a unique platform for geometrically-confined, strongly-interacting electrons. They allow an inherent competition between disorder and superconductivity, which in turn enables the intriguing…

Detailed measurements of the critical current density jc of YBa2Cu3O7 films grown by pulsed laser deposition reveal the increase of jc as function of the filmthickness. Both this thickness dependence and the field dependence of the critical…

We perform calculations to obtain the $H_{c2}$ curve of high temperature superconductors (HTSC). We consider explicitly the fact that the HTSC possess intrinsic inhomogeneities by taking into account a non uniform charge density $\rho(r)$.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 E. S. Caixeiro , J. L. González , E. V. L. de Mello

The interface properties of high-temperature cuprate superconductors have been of interest for many years, and play an essential role in Josephson junctions, superconducting cables, and microwave electronics. In particular, the maximum…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-09-07 S. Graser , P. J. Hirschfeld , T. Kopp , R. Gutser , B. M. Andersen , J. Mannhart

Experimental discovery of near-room-temperature superconductivity in highly compressed hydrogen sulfate started a new era in superconductivity. To date, researchers have made the discovery of dozens of superconducting hydride phases with…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-01-04 E. F. Talantsev

The discovery of superconductivity at 39 K in magnesium diboride offers the possibility of a new class of low-cost, high-performance superconducting materials for magnets and electronic applications. With twice the critical temperature of…