Enhanced 77 K vortex-pinning in Y Ba2Cu3O7−x films with Ba2Y TaO6 and mixed Ba2Y TaO6 + Ba2Y NbO6 nano-columnar inclusions with irreversibility field to 11 T

F. Rizzo; A. Augieri; A. Angrisani Armenio; V. Galluzzi; A. Mancini; V. Pinto; A. Rufoloni; A. Vannozzi; M. Bianchetti; A. Kursumovic; J. L. MacManus-Driscoll; A. Meledin; G. Van Tendeloo; G. Celentano

doi:10.1063/1.4953436

APL Materials (Jun 2016)

Enhanced 77 K vortex-pinning in Y Ba2Cu3O7−x films with Ba2Y TaO6 and mixed Ba2Y TaO6 + Ba2Y NbO6 nano-columnar inclusions with irreversibility field to 11 T

F. Rizzo,
A. Augieri,
A. Angrisani Armenio,
V. Galluzzi,
A. Mancini,
V. Pinto,
A. Rufoloni,
A. Vannozzi,
M. Bianchetti,
A. Kursumovic,
J. L. MacManus-Driscoll,
A. Meledin,
G. Van Tendeloo,
G. Celentano

Affiliations

F. Rizzo: ENEA, Frascati Research Centre, Via E. Fermi, 45, 00044 Frascati, Italy
A. Augieri: ENEA, Frascati Research Centre, Via E. Fermi, 45, 00044 Frascati, Italy
A. Angrisani Armenio: ENEA, Frascati Research Centre, Via E. Fermi, 45, 00044 Frascati, Italy
V. Galluzzi: ENEA, Frascati Research Centre, Via E. Fermi, 45, 00044 Frascati, Italy
A. Mancini: ENEA, Frascati Research Centre, Via E. Fermi, 45, 00044 Frascati, Italy
V. Pinto: ENEA, Frascati Research Centre, Via E. Fermi, 45, 00044 Frascati, Italy
A. Rufoloni: ENEA, Frascati Research Centre, Via E. Fermi, 45, 00044 Frascati, Italy
A. Vannozzi: ENEA, Frascati Research Centre, Via E. Fermi, 45, 00044 Frascati, Italy
M. Bianchetti: Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, 27 Charles Babbage Rd., Cambridge CB3 0FS, United Kingdom
A. Kursumovic: Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, 27 Charles Babbage Rd., Cambridge CB3 0FS, United Kingdom
J. L. MacManus-Driscoll: Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, 27 Charles Babbage Rd., Cambridge CB3 0FS, United Kingdom
A. Meledin: EMAT Research Group, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
G. Van Tendeloo: EMAT Research Group, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
G. Celentano: ENEA, Frascati Research Centre, Via E. Fermi, 45, 00044 Frascati, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4953436
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 6
pp. 061101 – 061101-7

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Pulsed laser deposited thin Y Ba2Cu3O7−x (YBCO) films with pinning additions of 5 at. % Ba2Y TaO6 (BYTO) were compared to films with 2.5 at. % Ba2Y TaO6 + 2.5 at. % Ba2Y NbO6 (BYNTO) additions. Excellent magnetic flux-pinning at 77 K was obtained with remarkably high irreversibility fields greater than 10 T (YBCO-BYTO) and 11 T (YBCO-BYNTO), representing the highest ever achieved values in YBCO films.

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