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We report on the in-plane magnetic field (H) dependence of the critical current density (Jc) in meandered and planar single grain boundaries (GBs) isolated in YBa2Cu3O7-d (YBCO) coated conductors. The Jc(H)properties of the planar GB are…
High critical temperature superconductors have zero power consumption and could be used to produce ideal electric power lines. The principal obstacle in fabricating superconducting wires and tapes is grain boundaries-the misalignment of…
A rapid decrease in the critical current density (Jc) of YBa2Cu3O7-x (YBCO) films with increasing film thickness has been observed for multiple YBCO growth processes. While such behavior is predicted from 2D collective pinning models under…
It has been hypothesized that the variation of the critical currents in Nb/Al-AlO$_x$/Nb junctions is due to, among other effects, the presence of grain boundaries in the system. Motivated by this, we examine the effect of grain boundaries…
A large decrease is observed in the critical current density of YBCO coated conductors (CC) and related compounds when a strong perpendicular magnetic field is applied. While measurements are generally carried out at 77K only, here we…
We report numerical simulations of magnetic flux patterns in asymmetric 45$^{\circ}$ [001]-tilt grain boundaries in YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-x}$ superconducting films. The grain boundaries are treated as Josephson junctions with the critical…
Dependence of the critical current $I_c$ on the applied magnetic field $H_a$ is theoretically studied for a thin superconducting strip of a rectangular cross section, taking an interplay between the Bean-Livingston and the geometric…
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…
For more than 30 years, the remarkable superconducting properties of REBa$_\textrm{2}$Cu$_\textrm{3}$O$_\textrm{7-x}$ (RE = rare earth) compounds have triggered research studies across the world. Accordingly, significant progresses have…
Critical current measurements were made on thin films of YBa2Cu3O7-delta and Y0.8Ca0.2Ba2Cu3O7-delta produced by sol-gel and pulsed laser deposition, respectively. Both samples have high critical currents at low temperatures and the…
The critical state of a thin superconducting strip in an oblique applied magnetic field H_a is analyzed without any restrictions on the dependence of the critical current density j_c on the local magnetic induction {\bf B}. In such a strip,…
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…
We report DC isothermal magnetization, global critical current density (JC), Intra-grain critical current density (JCintra) and resistive upper critical field (Bc2) of polycrystalline Y1-xCaxBa2Cu3O7-{\delta} (YBCO); x = 0.00, 0.05, 0.10,…
Large area arrays of through-thickness nanoscale pores have been milled into superconducting Nb thin films via a process utilizing anodized aluminum oxide thin film templates. These pores act as artificial flux pinning centers, increasing…
The temperature and field dependence of harmonics in voltage $V_n=V'_n-iV"_n$ using the screening technique have been measured for $\mathrm{Y}\mathrm{Ba}_{2}\mathrm{Cu}_3\mathrm{O}_{7-\delta}$ superconducting thin films. Using the Sun model…
Recent theoretical and experimental research on low-bulk-pinning superconducting strips has revealed striking dome-like magnetic-field distributions due to geometrical edge barriers. The observed magnetic-flux profiles differ strongly from…
The angular-dependent critical current density, Jc(theta), and the upper critical field, Hc2(theta), of epitaxial Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2 thin films have been investigated. No Jc(theta) peaks for H || c were observed regardless of temperatures and…
[100]-tilt grain-boundary YBa2Cu3O7-x (YBCO) junctions are promising for investigation of macroscopic quantum phenomena in high-Tc Josephson junctions. However, fabrication of the [100]-tilt grain-boundary YBCO junctions with a high…
The lower critical field of the grains, $H_{c1}$, and the intragrain critical current density, $J_{c}$, were determined for the superconducting ruthenate-cuprate RuSr$_{2}$Gd$_{1.5}$Ce$_{0.5}$Cu$_{2}$O$_{10-\delta}$ [Ru-1222(Gd)] through a…
Using an optimized bridge geometry we have been able to make accurate measurements of the properties of YBa2Cu3O7-delta grain boundaries above Tc. The results show a strong dependence of the change of resistance with temperature on grain…