Competing pairing interactions responsible for the large upper critical field in a stoichiometric iron-based superconductor

M Bristow, W Knafo, P Reiss, W Meier, PC Canfield… - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
The upper critical field of multiband superconductors is an important quantity that can reveal
details about the nature of the superconducting pairing. Here we experimentally map out the …

Tailoring the critical temperature of Ca/K-1144 superconductors: the effect of aliovalent substitution on tetragonality

A Masi, A Duchenko, G Celentano… - Superconductor …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Among the iron-based superconductors, the so-called 1144 family has, in recent years,
attracted significant interest due to its stoichiometric nature, with materials robust towards …

Anomalous second magnetization peak in 12442-type RbCa2Fe4As4F2 superconductors

X Yi, X Xing, Y Meng, N Zhou, C Wang… - Chinese Physics …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The second magnetization peak (SMP) appears in most superconductors and is crucial for
the understanding of vortex physics as well as the application. Although it is well known that …

Developments of (Ba, Na) Fe2As2 and CaKFe4As4 HIP round wires

T Tamegai, S Pyon, D Miyawaki… - Superconductor …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
With excellent superconducting properties such as high T c, large H c2, small anisotropy,
and large J c, developments of superconducting wires and tapes of iron-based …

Sharp peak of the critical current density in at optimal composition

D Van Gennep, A Hassan, H Luo, M Abdel-Hafiez - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
The importance of type-II superconductors with strong pinning comes from their ability to
carry large electrical currents in the presence of a magnetic field. We report on the results of …

The effect of aliovalent substitution on magnetic properties of polycrystalline Ca/K-1144

A Augieri, A Duchenko, AA Armenio… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Among IBSC superconductors, the 1144 family (AAE Fe4As4 with A= alkali metal, AE=
alkaline-earth metal), has attracted considerable interest in recent years because of their …

Disordered hyperuniformity in superconducting vortex lattices

JB Llorens, I Guillamón, IG Serrano, R Córdoba… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
The current carrying capability of type II superconductors under magnetic fields is
determined to a large extent by the interaction of superconducting vortices with pinning …

Flux pinning and the vortex phase diagram in optimized CaKFe4As4 single crystals fabricated by a one-step method

C Wang, T He, Q Han, B Wang, R Xie… - Superconductor …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract We have synthesized CaKFe 4 As 4 single crystals by a simple one-step method. X-
ray analysis suggests that the single crystals are c-axis orientation and no obvious impurity …

Anomalously small magnetic relaxation rate of Ca10 (Pt3As8)(Fe2− x Pt x As2) 5 superconductor

Y Meng, Y Sun, X Xing, T Tamegai… - … Science and Technology, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Large critical current density and low magnetic relaxation are the main challenges for
practical applications of high-temperature superconductors (HTSs). Magnetic relaxation …

Enhancement of critical current density in CaKFe4As4 single crystals through 3 MeV proton irradiation

N Haberkorn, M Xu, WR Meier, S Suárez… - Superconductor …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We study the influence of random point disorder on the vortex dynamics and critical current
densities J c of CaKFe 4 As 4 single crystals by performing magnetization measurements …