Magneto-optic imaging of flux penetration into an artificially granular high-Tc superconductor

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• A YBa2Cu3O7- (YBCO) thin film is patterned into a hexagonal close packed lattice of disks which are touching each other at the circumferences in order to enable the flow of an intergranular current. Such a sample was suggested by Koblischka et al. [Appl. Phys. Lett 70, 514 (1997)] as a model for a layered granular structure like in a Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10- tape. Magnetization measurements reveal an anomalous position of the low field peak (central peak) similar to the tapes. Magneto-optic imaging is employed to visualize the local field distributions

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Den kondenserade materiens fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Condensed Matter Physics (hsv//eng)

Keyword

yttrium compounds

magneto-optical effects

magnetisation

high-temperature superconductors

superconducting thin films

barium compounds

granular structure

penetration depth (superconductivity)

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