Vortex Response, Dimensionality and Fluctuations in High-Tc Oxide Superconductors

Abstract

This final report encompasses the following research results: In-situ reactive sputter deposition of nanometer-smooth superconducting BSCCO thin films; New method of ozone detection for use with reactive thin-film growth; Fabrication of and detailed noise properties of thin-film dc BSCCO SQUIDs; Power-law scaling of the longitudinal and transverse Hall resistivities due to vortex motion in YBCO, with implications for the nature of the vortex state; Measurement of the ac screening response of 2212 BSCCO crystals, and interpretation within electromagnetic skin depth effects; Vortex flux creep and high-magnetic-field critical currents of epitaxial YBCO thin films.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1991
Accession Number
ADA241850

Entities

People

  • John M. Graybeal

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Band Structures
  • Detection
  • Fabrication
  • Films
  • Hall Effect
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Magnetometers
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Phase Transformations
  • Resistance
  • Superconductors
  • Thin Films
  • Transition Temperature
  • Transverse
  • Two Dimensional
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Semiconductor Device Technology
  • Superconducting Magnet Technology