STUDIES OF SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS.

Abstract

The scientific achievements include: (1) A study of the anisotropy in the thermal conductivity of thin superconducting films. (2) Thermal conductivity measurements over an extended temperature range of thin film sandwiches of an alloy superconductor between layers of manganese. The data provide evidence that the superconducting film is gapless near the magnetic interface. (3) Measurements of the temperature dependence of the surface reactance of lead films in proximity with gadolinium. These data have been compared with the predictions of the Ginzburg-Landau theory and the microscopic theory. (4) The start of the investigation of fluctuations above Tc in superconducting lead films by measurement of the rounding of the resistive transition. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0680582

Entities

People

  • Bernard Serin

Organizations

  • Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anisotropy
  • Conductivity
  • Electrical Conductivity
  • Electrical Properties
  • Electricity
  • Films
  • Gadolinium
  • Manganese
  • Measurement
  • Physical Properties
  • Reactance
  • Superconductors
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Thin Films
  • Transitions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Superconducting Magnet Technology