Vortices in high-performance high-temperature superconductors

WK Kwok, U Welp, A Glatz, AE Koshelev… - Reports on Progress …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The behavior of vortex matter in high-temperature superconductors (HTS) controls the entire
electromagnetic response of the material, including its current carrying capacity. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in second-generation high-temperature superconducting tapes and their applications in high-field magnets

K Wang, H Dong, D Huang, H Shang, B Xie, Q Zou… - Soft Science, 2022 - oaepublish.com
Second-generation high-temperature superconducting (2G-HTS) tapes based on REBa 2
Cu 3 O 7-x (REBCO, RE: rare earth) materials enable the energy-efficient and high-power …

Challenges and transformative opportunities in superconductor vortex physics

S Eley, A Glatz, R Willa - Journal of Applied Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In superconductors, the motion of vortices introduces unwanted dissipation that is disruptive
to applications. Fortunately, material defects can immobilize vortices, acting as vortex …

A precursor mechanism triggering the second magnetization peak phenomenon in superconducting materials

M Polichetti, A Galluzzi, K Buchkov, V Tomov… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
The correlation in type-II superconductors between the creep rate S and the Second
Magnetization Peak (SMP) phenomenon which produces an increase in Jc, as a function of …

Influence of ion irradiation on critical characteristics of second-generation HTSC tapes

I Rudnev, D Abin, S Pokrovskii… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
One of the practical applications of the second-generation HTSC tapes (or CC–coated
conductors) is in accelerator magnets. During operation, the superconducting winding will …

Universal lower limit on vortex creep in superconductors

S Eley, M Miura, B Maiorov, L Civale - Nature materials, 2017 - nature.com
Superconductors are excellent testbeds for studying vortices, topological excitations that
also appear in superfluids, liquid crystals and Bose–Einstein condensates. Vortex motion …

Understanding irradiation damage in high-temperature superconductors for fusion reactors using high resolution X-ray absorption spectroscopy

RJ Nicholls, S Diaz-Moreno, W Iliffe, Y Linden… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Understanding the effects of fast neutrons on high-temperature superconductors is of
growing importance as new compact fusion reactors rely on these materials to generate the …

Near-isotropic enhancement of the 20 K critical current of REBa2Cu3O7 coated conductors from columnar defects

NM Strickland, SC Wimbush, AA Soman… - Superconductor …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Normal-incidence irradiation by 100 MeV Ag ions is used to improve flux pinning in
previously optimised commercial REBCO tapes from the American Superconductor …

In-situ measurements of the effect of radiation damage on the superconducting properties of coated conductors

W Iliffe, N Peng, G Brittles, R Bateman… - Superconductor …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
An apparatus has been built to perform irradiation and electrical testing of REBCO coated
conductors (CC) held below their critical temperature (T c). Patterned tracks of Fujikura …

Large enhancement of the in-field critical current density of YBCO coated conductors due to composite pinning landscape

KJ Kihlstrom, L Civale, S Eley, DJ Miller… - Superconductor …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-based coated conductors (CCs) achieve the highest critical current
densities (J c) of any known superconductor and are a key technology for applications such …