TY - JOUR
T1 - A path to high-field performance of cuprate superconductors above 100 K with fission induced defects
AU - Krusin-Elbaum, L.
AU - López, D.
AU - Thompson, J. R.
AU - Wheeler, R.
AU - Ullmann, J.
AU - Tsuei, C. C.
AU - Chu, C. W.
AU - Lin, Q. M.
N1 - Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: This work was sup ported in part by Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI Contract RP-8065-11), and by NSF GOALI Grant No. DMR-9510731. Work at ORNL was sponsored by the U.S. DOE under contract DE-AC05-96OR22464 with Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corp.
PY - 1997/8
Y1 - 1997/8
N2 - We demonstrate a method by which we expand the useful range of cuprate superconductors to above 100 K and enhance persistent currents by orders of magnitude in fields of several Tesla - namely fission of Hg nuclei within Hg-cuprates with 0.8 GeV protons. The fission process allows "doping" these cuprates with strongly pinning splayed columnar defects. The technique could be technologically relevant, since it is not limited by the short penetration range of heavier particles (or ions) and could permit modification of larger superconducting objects, such as magnets.
AB - We demonstrate a method by which we expand the useful range of cuprate superconductors to above 100 K and enhance persistent currents by orders of magnitude in fields of several Tesla - namely fission of Hg nuclei within Hg-cuprates with 0.8 GeV protons. The fission process allows "doping" these cuprates with strongly pinning splayed columnar defects. The technique could be technologically relevant, since it is not limited by the short penetration range of heavier particles (or ions) and could permit modification of larger superconducting objects, such as magnets.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0921-4534(97)00279-7
DO - 10.1016/S0921-4534(97)00279-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:17044461011
SN - 0921-4534
VL - 282-287
SP - 375
EP - 378
JO - Physica C: Superconductivity and its applications
JF - Physica C: Superconductivity and its applications
IS - PART 1
ER -