Evaluation method for flux pinning properties in the mixed state of superconductors
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18560309
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Electronic materials/Electric materials
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| Research Institution | Kumamoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
FUJIYOSHI Takanori Kumamoto University, Graduate School of Science and Thclmology, Professor (80212190)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SUEYOSHI Tetsuro Kumamoto University, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Assistant Professor (20315287)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2006 – 2007
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥2,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000)
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| Keywords | Superconductor / Critical current density / Flux pinning / artificial pinning centers / E-J characteristic / nano-structure / ナノ構造人工ピンニングセンター / ナノ構造人工ピン |
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| Research Abstract |
1. As-grown MgB_2 thin films on Si substrates with high J_c under magnetic fields were prepared by electron-beam evaporation. The value of J_c has been enhanced by the deposition of MgB_2 thin film in an O_2 atmosphere. The MgB_2 thin film deposited in the O_2 atmosphere O_2-doped film has exhibited considerably higher J_c in magnetic fields among MgB_2 thin films reported before. It has been found that the high J_c of the O_2-doped film is attributable to the flux pinning with grain boundaries strengthened by an introduction of MgO along grain boundaries. In a high magnetic field, a peculiar behavior of E-J characteristics where E-J curves vary in two stages was observed. This behavior also originates from the flux pinning with strengthened grain boundaries.
2. Flux pinning properties in ErBa_2Cu_3O_y and YBa_2Cu_3O_y thin films with BaZrO_3 nano-rods prepared by PLD were measured to investigate the flux pinning mechanism. The enhancement of J_c was confirmed by the measurement of the dependence of J_c on magnetic field. The angular dependence of J_c has a broad peak at B‖c-axis. This result indicates that the BaZrO_3 nano-rods work as the c-axis-correlated pinning centers. The pinning parameter m was evaluated from the electric fields versus current density characteristics and the peak of m appears in the magnetic field dependence. The characteristic behavior of m is caused by the matching of the density of BaZrO_3 nano-rods with that of fluxoids. It is found that the relative distribution width of the local critical current density for the ErBa2Cu_3O_y film with BaZrO_3 nano-rods is smaller than that of the YBa_2Cu_3O_y films with BaZrO_3 nano-rods.
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