Nanoparticulate Flux Pinning Centers for YBa2Cu3O7-delta Films (Postprint)

Abstract

YBa2Cu3O7-delta high temperature superconductors can maintain fairly high critical current densities (Jc) with increasing magnetic field. This in-field performance can be further improved upon by incorporating nanoparticulate magnetic flux pinning centers into the superconductors. This short paper briefly discusses and compares recent efforts by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to incorporate insulating nanoparticles into the YBCO superconducting thin films by pulsed laser deposition.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA561109

Entities

People

  • Brandon C. Harrison
  • Chakrapani V. Varanasi
  • Jack L. Burke
  • Joseph W. Kell
  • Paul N. Barnes
  • Timothy J. Haugan

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Current Density
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Electronic Mail
  • Energy
  • Energy Conversion
  • Films
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Nanoparticles
  • Scanning Electron Microscopy
  • Superconductors
  • Thin Films
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Superconducting Magnet Technology
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Pulsed-Laser Deposition
  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene