Effects of vortex-vortex interactions on ion-track pinning in high T{sub c} superconductors [electronic resource].
Published
Arlington, Va. : National Science Foundation (U.S.), 1996. Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Many superconductor applications rely on the ability to pin vortex lattices. This ability depends on structural defects to pin individual vortices, but vortex-vortex interactions often play an important role in pinning the other vortices. Experimental progress on this complex problem can be made by introducing random arrays of well-defined pinning centers and studying the flux dynamics for a range of vortex densities (i.e., fields). Results of such studies in epitaxial Tl₂Ba₂CaCu₂O{sub y} films containing ion tracks show the importance of vortex-vortex interactions. As an example, the effective pinning field of the defects rises to many times the ion-dose field for temperatures well below {Tc}.
Report Numbers
E 1.99:anl/msd/cp--89215 E 1.99: conf-960850--21 conf-960850--21 anl/msd/cp--89215