Review of the superconducting properties of MgB2

C Buzea, T Yamashita - Superconductor Science and Technology, 2001 - iopscience.iop.org
This review paper illustrates the main normal and superconducting state properties of
magnesium diboride, a material known since the early 1950s but only recently discovered to …

Temperature and Field Dependence of the Anisotropy of

M Angst, R Puzniak, A Wisniewski, J Jun, SM Kazakov… - Physical review …, 2002 - APS
The anisotropy γ of the superconducting state of high quality single crystals of MgB 2 was
determined, using torque magnetometry with two different methods. The anisotropy of the …

Exponential Temperature Dependence of the Penetration Depth in Single Crystal

F Manzano, A Carrington, NE Hussey, S Lee… - Physical review …, 2002 - APS
The temperature dependence of the London penetration depth, λ (T), was measured in both
single crystal and polycrystalline MgB 2 samples by a high-resolution, radio frequency …

Anisotropy parameters of superconducting MgB2

VG Kogan, SL Bud'ko - Physica C: Superconductivity, 2003 - Elsevier
Data on macroscopic superconducting anisotropy of MgB2 are reviewed. The data are
described within a weak coupling two-gaps anisotropic s-wave model of superconductivity …

Out-of-plane and in-plane anisotropy of upper critical field in

ZX Shi, M Tokunaga, T Tamegai, Y Takano, K Togano… - Physical Review B, 2003 - APS
The anisotropy of the upper critical field in MgB 2 has been investigated on single
crystalline, dense polycrystalline and powder samples by both transport and magnetic …

Anisotropic s-wave superconductivity: Comparison with experiments on MgB2 single crystals

AI Posazhennikova, T Dahm, K Maki - Europhysics Letters, 2002 - iopscience.iop.org
The recently discovered superconductivity in MgB 2 has captured world attention due to its
simple crystal structure and relatively high superconducting transition temperature T c= 39 K …

Maximum reduction of energy losses in multicore MgB2 wires by metastructured soft-ferromagnetic coatings

M Kapolka, HS Ruiz - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
When compared with rare-earth coated conductors, magnesium diboride superconducting
cables are known to show significant advantages by cost and easy production. However, the …

Experimental Evidence for Anisotropic Double-Gap Behavior in

R Cubitt, S Levett, SL Bud'ko, NE Anderson… - Physical review …, 2003 - APS
The behavior of a type II superconductor in the presence of a magnetic field is governed by
two characteristic length scales, the London penetration depth and the coherence length …

Strongly anisotropic s-wave gaps in exotic superconductors

BH Brandow - Philosophical Magazine, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
The exotic superconductors, defined as those that follow the phenomenological trend
reported by Uemura (T c approximately proportional to λL− 2), at present constitute the most …

Optimum Filament Positions Within a MgB Wire Resulting in Maximum Reduction of AC Losses

M Kapolka, M Clegg, HS Ruiz - IEEE Transactions on Applied …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Transport current capability of MgB multifilamentary wires is intrinsically affected by the self
and mutual magnetic inductance between superconducting filaments, which is a problem …