Nd/Ba substitution and oxygen deficiency effects on the pinning properties of NdBa2Cu3O7-δ single crystals

S. Shibata; K. Nakao; A. Yamamoto; Y. Feng; A. K. Pradhan; T. Machi; N. Koshizuka

Nd/Ba substitution and oxygen deficiency effects on the pinning properties of NdBa₂Cu₃O_7-δ single crystals

S. Shibata, K. Nakao, A. Yamamoto, Y. Feng, A. K. Pradhan, T. Machi, N. Koshizuka

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Abstract

We studied the origin of peak effect in the magnetic field dependence of Jc in NdBa₂Cu₃O_7-δ single crystals. The single crystals were grown by the slow cooling method under various partial O₂ pressures(PO₂) (0.04∼1%) in Ar atmosphere. We found that the peak effect depends on PO₂ and it disappears for the crystals grown under low PO₂∼0.04%. This result demonstrates the important role of Nd/Ba substitution for the peak effect because it is known that the Nd/Ba substitution decreases with lowering PO₂. We also investigated the role of oxygen vacancies in the peak effect for the crystals with different amount of Nd/Ba substitution. We found that the main cause of peak effect in fully oxygenated crystals is due to local low Tc regions caused by the Nd/Ba substitution rather that those by the oxygen vacancies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	II10.8.1-II10.8.6
Journal	Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings
Volume	659
Publication status	Published - 2001
Externally published	Yes
Event	High Temperature Superconductors - Crystal Chemistrym Processing and Properties - Boston, MA, United States Duration: 2000 Nov 27 → 2000 Dec 1

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Mechanical Engineering

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AU - Pradhan, A. K.

AU - Machi, T.

AU - Koshizuka, N.

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Nd/Ba substitution and oxygen deficiency effects on the pinning properties of NdBa₂Cu₃O_7-δ single crystals

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