永磁轨道上方高温超导块材各向异性对悬浮力弛豫特性的影响

采用顶部熔融织构生长法制备的高温超导块材YBCO通常有5个生长区域．通过捕获磁通实验研究,人们发现高温超导块材内部生长区域及边界的捕获磁通能力不同,存在明显的各向异性．面向高温超导磁悬浮应用,本文比较研究了3块不同的高温超导块材YBCO组合在永磁轨道上方悬浮力弛豫特性．实验结果表明,无论场冷还是零场冷情况,块材籽晶生长...     

Near-oscillatory relaxation behavior of levitation force in infiltration and growth processed bulk YBCO/Ag superconducting composites

Time relaxation behavior of levitation force has been studied in IGP bulk YBCO/Ag superconductor using levitation force measurements as these measurements throw light on the magnetic relaxation in superconductors and the underlying vortex dynamics, pinning mechanisms and the nature of pinning forces. The measurements have revealed a hitherto unknown near-oscillatory relaxation of the levitation force with varying magnetic field. This kind of behavior is found to be more pronounced at smaller gap distances between the permanent magnet and the superconductor. A switch-type polarity bistable equilibrium model for the supercurrent structure has been proposed based on the understanding that even the permanent magnet gets magnetized in the presence of the superconductor, which has also been verified and reported here. This model satisfactorily explains the observed oscillatory behavior of relaxation rates.     

Influence of maglev force relaxation on the forces of bulk HTSC subjected to different lateral displacements above the NdFeB guideway

This paper studied the influence of maglev force relaxation on the force (both levitation and guidance forces) of bulk high-temperature superconductor (HTSC) subjected to different lateral displacements above a NdFeB guideway. Firstly, the maglev forces relaxation property of bulk HTSC above the permanent-magnet guideway (PMG) was studied experimentally, then the levitation and guidance forces were measured by SCML-2 measurement system synchronously at different lateral displacements, some times later(after relaxation), the forces were measured again as the same way. Compared to the two measured results, it was found that the change of the levitation force was larger compared to the case without relaxation, while the change of the guidance force was smaller. In addition, the rate of change of levitation force and guidance force was different for different maximum lateral displacements. This work provided a scientific analysis for the practical application of the bulk HTS.     

Effective method to control the levitation force and levitation height in a superconducting maglev system

The influence of the width of the middle magnet in the permanent magnet guideways(PMGs) on the levitation force and the levitation height of single-domain yttrium barium copper oxide(YBCO) bulks has been investigated at 77 K under the zero field cooled(ZFC) state. It is found that the largest levitation force can be obtained in the system with the width of the middle magnet of the PMG equal to the size of the YBCO bulk when the gap between the YBCO bulk and PMG is small.Both larger levitation force and higher levitation height can be obtained in the system with the width of the middle magnet of the PMG larger than the size of the YBCO bulk. The stiffness of the levitation force between the PMG and the YBCO bulk is higher in the system with a smaller width of the middle magnet in the PMG. These results provide an effective way to control the levitation force and the levitation height for the superconducting maglev design and applications.     

High magnetic field researches in Tohoku University

Using hybrid magnets for fields up to 31 T, superconducting magnets up to 20 T and cryogen-free magnets up to 15 T, characterization of superconductors, materials synthesis and condensed matter physics are being done in the High Field Laboratory for Superconducting Materials. We have developed thin strong superconducting wire, which enable us to construct compact magnet, cryogen-free magnet and cryogen-free hybrid magnet for the first time. We have found that polymer materials, high T_c superconductors and protein single crystals synthesized in high magnetic fields show different characters from those synthesized in normal condition. Magnetic levitation is performed to make a microgravity condition for materials processing similar to the space.     

不同重叠排列方式的双层高温超导块材在永磁轨道上方的悬浮特性

研究了永磁轨道上方双层高温超导块材两种不同堆叠方式(籽晶生长线对齐方式和籽晶生长线错开方式)的悬浮特性。实验发现:这两种不同的堆叠方式对悬浮性能有不同的影响。随着场冷高度的增加,它们对悬浮性能的增加效应越来越弱,这种现象对于悬浮力来说尤其明显。场冷高度为10 mm和15 mm时,对悬浮力来说,籽晶生长线对齐堆叠方式与错开方式相比,第一次测量时前者减少的百分比为11.588%和0.870%,第二次测量时为12.693%和1.363%,第三次测量时为12.399%和1.370%。导向力也有类似的结论。经实验可以看出,可以通过优化每一块高温超导块材的具体摆放位置,来提高高温超导磁悬浮车的承载能力和稳定性。同时,这一结果对高温超导磁悬浮轴承、飞轮储能等悬浮间距小的场所也具有一定的参考价值。     

Magnetic Acceleration of the Levitating Sabot Made of Type-II Superconductors

Creation of a delivery system based on noncontact positioning and transport of the cryogenic fuel targets represents one of the major tasks in a general program of inertial fusion energy (IFE) research. The purpose is to maintain the fuel layer quality during acceleration and injection of IFE targets at the focus of a powerful laser facility or IFE reactor. The program of the Lebedev Physical Institute (LPI) includes much development work on creation of different designs of the hybrid accelerators for IFE target transport with levitation. One of the main directions is an electromagnetic accelerator (EM-AC) + PMG system, where PMG is the permanent magnet guideway. The operational principle is based on quantum levitation of type-II high-temperature superconductors (HTSC) in the magnetic field. At the current stage, conceptual development of “EM-AC + PMG” hybrid accelerator is complete, and proof-of-principle experiments in mutually normal magnetic fields are made. This accelerator is a combination of the acceleration system (field coils generating the traveling magnetic waves) and the levitation system (PMG including a magnetic rail or magnetic track). The results obtained show that the HTSCs can be successfully used to maintain friction-free motion of HTSC sabots over the PMG, and also provide the required stability of the levitation height over the whole acceleration length due to the pinning effect. Additionally, using the driving body from MgB₂ superconducting coils as a sabot component (critical current 5,000 A at magnetic induction 0.25 T) allows one to reach injection velocities of 200 m/s under 400 g at 5 m acceleration length.     

辅助永磁体磁化方式对单畴GdBCO超导块材捕获磁场分布及其磁悬浮力的影响

通过对方形永磁体和方形辅助永磁体在液氮温度下对GdBCO超导体磁化后超导磁悬浮力的测量, 研究了两种组态中方形辅助永磁体对超导体的磁化方式对单畴GdBCO超导块材磁场分布及其磁悬浮力的影响. 结果发现, 方形辅助永磁体的下表面和超导体上表面保持在同一个水平面上, 磁化进程中方形辅助永磁体在GdBCO超导体上表面水平面内沿直径方向的位置x从–15 mm增加到+15 mm时, 超导磁悬浮力大小与超导体的磁化方式有着密切关系(以Z=0.1 mm为例): 1) 当方形辅助永磁体N极垂直向上且场冷后去掉辅助永磁体时, 超导体最大磁悬浮力先从16.7 N增大到23.1 N, 再减小到16.6 N; 2) 当方形辅助永磁体N极垂直向下且场冷后去掉辅助永磁体时, 超导体最大磁悬浮力先从17.7 N减小到7 N, 再增加到17.6 N; 3) 两种组态中最大磁悬浮力不相等, 而且与零场冷下的最大磁悬浮力(17.1 N)也不同. 这些结果说明: 只有通过科学合理地设计超导体和永磁体的组合方式, 才能获得较高的磁场强度, 有效地提高超导体的磁悬浮力特性, 该结果对促进超导体的应用具有重要的指导意义. 关键词： 单畴GdBCO 永磁体 捕获磁场 磁悬浮力     

HTSC Maglev Systems for IFE Target Transport Applications

A challenge in inertial fusion energy (IFE) research is to deliver the target to the target chamber center at a high repetition rate. Therefore, the problem of target fabrication and delivery is focused on methods that scale to highly repeatable and cost-effective target production. In this paper, we investigate the possibility of using magnetic-levitation (maglev) transport systems for noncontact manipulation, positioning, and delivery of the cryogenic targets. We focus on the development of transport systems based on movement of high-temperature superconductors (HTSC) over a permanent magnet guideway (PMG). Active guidance is achieved using the HTSC ceramics YBa₂Cu₃O₇? _X and PMG, where an ordered motion is initiated by a special arrangement of the permanent magnets. At present, significant R&D programs are ongoing in order to fulfill the technical requirements and basic elements of the system’s operation as a maglev target accelerator. We present here the main results of this work along with recent results.     

永磁体辅助下单畴GdBCO超导体和永磁体之间的磁悬浮力研究

通过对永磁体辅助下单畴GdBCO超导体和圆柱形永磁体在液氮温度、零场冷、轴对称情况下磁悬浮力的测量,研究了两种不同组态下辅助永磁体对超导体磁悬浮力特性的影响.实验结果表明,当长方体辅助永磁体水平磁化、且磁极N指向超导体时,超导体的最大磁悬浮力从没有引入辅助永磁体的29.8 N增加到61.5 N,增加为没有引入辅助永磁体时的206%.当长方体辅助永磁体的N极与圆柱形永磁体的N极反平行时,超导体的最大磁悬浮力从没有引入辅助永磁体的29.8 N减小到19.6 N,减小为无辅助永磁体时的65.8%.这些研究结果说明,通过科学合理地设计超导体和永磁体的组合方式,能有效地提高超导体的磁悬浮力.该研究结果对促进超导体的应用具有重要的指导意义. 关键词： 单畴GdBCO 永磁体 磁悬浮力     

Negative U-centers and defect superconductivity

A connection between the formation of defect bipolarons (i.e. U-centers or U-bipolarons) and superconductivity in high-T_csuperconductors (HTSC) is considered in two pairing limits of carriers in realr- andk-spaces. The irrelevance ofr-space U-bipolarons to superconductivity is motivated. It is shown that the formation ofk-space U-bipolarons and their subsequent attractive single particle and pair condensation lead to depressed (in comparison with lattice bipolarons) superconductivity due to a large mass of such U-bipolarons. It is argued that the coexistence ofk-space lattice bipolarons andr-space U-bipolarons leads to the shift of the maximum of the concentration dependenceT_c(n)to higher carrier concentrations, in accordance with the observations in HTSC.     

Novel superconducting phases in copper oxides and iron-oxypnictides: NMR studies

We reexamine the novel phase diagrams of antiferromagnetism (AFM) and high-T_c superconductivity (HTSC) for a disorder-free CuO₂ plane based on an evaluation of local hole density (p) by site-selective Cu-NMR studies on multilayered copper oxides. Multilayered systems provide us with the opportunity to research the characteristics of the disorder-free CuO₂ plane. The site-selective NMR is the best and the only tool used to extract layer-dependent characteristics. Consequently, we have concluded that the uniform mixing of AFM and SC is a general property inherent to a single CuO₂ plane in an underdoped regime of HTSC. The T=0 phase diagram of AFM constructed here is in quantitative agreement with the theories in a strong correlation regime which is unchanged even with mobile holes. This Mott physics plays a vital role for mediating the Cooper pairs to make T_c of HTSC very high. By contrast, we address from extensive NMR studies on electron-doped iron-oxypnictides La1111 compounds that the increase in T_c is not due to the development of AFM spin fluctuations, but because the structural parameters, such as the bond angle α of the FeAs₄ tetrahedron and the a-axis length, approach each optimum value. Based on these results, we propose that a stronger correlation in HTSC than in FeAs-based superconductors may make T_c higher significantly.     

Microwave response of high-T c superconducting crystals: Results, problems, and prospects

The results of studying temperature behavior of the microwave surface impedance Z _s (T) and conductivity tensor $\hat \sigma (T)$ (T) of high-T _c superconducting (HTSC) single crystals are analyzed. The emphasis is on the experimental facts that are inconsistent with the known electrodynamic concepts of conductivity mechanisms in these materials. Possible reasons for the inconsistency are discussed in the context of structural features of the HTSC crystals, and the outlook for future investigations is outlined.     

辅助永磁体的引入方式对单畴GdBCO超导块材磁场分布及其磁悬浮力的影响

通过对永磁体辅助下单畴GdBCO超导体和方形永磁体在液氮温度、 零场冷、 轴对称情况下磁悬浮力的测量, 研究了三种不同组态中辅助永磁体的引入方式对单畴GdBCO超导块材磁场分布及其磁悬浮力的影响. 实验结果表明, 如果处在超导体上方的测量用方形永磁体N极向下, 则在轴对称情况下, 当方形辅助永磁体N极向上与超导体下表面贴在一起时, 超导体的最大磁悬浮力从没有引入辅助永磁体磁化的14.3 N增加到31.8 N, 提高到222%; 当方形辅助永磁体放置在超导体上表面、 N极垂直向上且场冷后去掉辅助永磁体时, 超导体的最大磁悬浮力从没有引入辅助永磁体磁化的14.3 N增加到21.6 N, 增加到151%; 当方形辅助永磁体放置在超导体上表面、 N极垂直向下且场冷后去掉方形辅助永磁体时, 超导体的最大磁悬浮力从没有引入辅助永磁体磁化的14.3 N减小到8.6 N, 减小为无辅助永磁体时的60%.这些结果说明, 只有通过科学合理地设计超导体和永磁体的组合方式, 才能获得较高的磁场强度, 有效地提高超导体的磁悬浮力特性, 该结果对促进超导体的应用具有重要的指导意义.     

Evaluation of magnetic force distribution on a pair of superconducting bulk magnets

We study the construction of superconducting permanent magnets by RE123 bulk materials and the investigation of these industrial applications such as a magnetic separation. A bulk magnet can generate strong magnetic fields exceeding 2 T, which is the limit of ordinary iron-cored electromagnets, in a compact device with a low running cost. A magnetic field distribution of the bulk magnet is a cone shape, and it contributes to an increase of magnetic force which is proportional to the product of a magnetic field and its gradient. It is important to evaluate magnetic force when the application of the bulk magnet is discussed. In this paper, two Gd123 bulk materials of 65 mm in diameter were magnetized using a pair of superconducting bulk magnet system and three-axis components of magnetic flux density (B_x,⋅B_y, and B_z) in an open space between the magnetic poles were scanned with pitch of 2 mm in each direction. From these measured data, the axial and radial components of magnetic force factor, B_z⋅dB_z/dz and B_r⋅dB_r/dr, were calculated. At 10 mm gap, the B_z⋅dB_z/dz value reached 180.6 T²/m for a field of 2.33 T, which is comparable to B_z = 6.76 T for a common 10 T–100 mm∅ superconducting magnet.     

Simulation of Magnetic Levitation Systems Based on Superconducting Rings

A comprehensive model of the HTSC ring magnet is developed. Magnetic and transport characteristics of commercialHTSCtapes are used in calculations, features of their layered structure are taken into account. The magnetic system parameters in external magnetic fields of various configurations are calculated. Magnetic fields, currents, magnetization, and levitation force are calculated for various geometrical parameters of magnetized rings.     

Crossing in the magnetic force-gap hysteresis curve of magnetic levitation systems with a high-Tc superconductor

For the magnetic levitation system consisting of a high-T_c superconductor and permanent magnet, the relation curve of magnetic force with gap between these two components is known as a hysteresis loop, that is, the approaching and departing portions envelop a complete one, and generally these two portions do not cross each other. However, in some special cases this crossing arises, and makes the complete loop broken. In this paper, by the numerical simulation of the magnetic force-gap curve in large numbers of physical and geometrical parameters, two typical crossings were found. To investigate the crossing and explore its physical causes, for one of the crossings, the current density in the superconductor was further calculated and its magnitude and vector distribution at the gaps nearby where the crossing arises were obtained. Based on these calculation results and an adequate discussion, the conclusion was induced that the crossing in the magnetic force-gap hysteresis curve results from applied magnetic field’s incomplete and insufficient penetrating in superconductor.     

Negative U centers, percolation, and the insulator-metal transition in high-T c superconductors

The mechanism of formation of ?U centers in high-T _c superconductors (HTSCs) is considered. It is shown that the transition from the insulator to the metallic state on doping passes through a certain range of dopant concentrations in which it becomes possible for local transitions of singlet electron pairs to occur from oxygen ions to two neighboring cations (a ?U center), while single-electron transitions are still forbidden. Conduction arises in such systems at a concentration of ?U centers exceeding the percolation threshold for the orbitals of singlet hole pairs. A phase diagram constructed on the basis of the proposed model for the HTSC compounds of the Ln-214 class is in complete agreement with experiment. The mechanisms of formation and relaxation of free hole carriers are considered. It is shown that a distinctive feature of the normal state of HTSCs is the dominant contribution of electron-electron scattering to the charge carrier relaxation processes. It is concluded from the analysis presented that HTSCs comprise a special class of solids in which a nonstandard mechanism of superconductivity, different from the BCS mechanism, is realized.     

Resonant tunneling in superconducting structures with <Emphasis Type="Italic">s</Emphasis> and <Emphasis Type="Italic">d</Emphasis> symmetry of order parameter

Resonant tunneling processes are studied in superconducting junctions of low transparency with the order parameter of the electrodes of different symmetry. A general equation of the resonant current is derived within the Green’s function formalism for the junctions of arbitrary dimensionality. The phase dependence of the supercurrent averaged over the set of localized states is analyzed for superconducting junctions with an isotropic order parameter. A numerical analysis of the resonant current transport in junctions with high-T _c superconducting electrodes with the d symmetry of the order parameter was carried out.     

Analysis and experimental validation of an HTS linear synchronous propulsion prototype with HTS magnetic suspension

A high temperature superconducting (HTS) linear propulsion system composed of a single-sided HTS linear synchronous motor (HTSLSM) in its middle and HTS magnetic suspension sub-systems on both sides has been developed. The HTSLSM uses an HTS bulk magnet array on the moving secondary, and the field-trapped characteristics of the HTS bulk using different magnetized methods have been measured and compared to identify their magnetization capability. In order to generate a large levitation force for the system, three different types of permanent magnet guideways (PMGs) have been numerically analyzed and experimentally verified to obtain an optimal PMG. Based on comprehensive experimental prototype tests, the results show that the HTS linear propulsion system can run with stable magnetic suspension having a constant air-gap length, and the thrust characteristics versus the exciting current, working frequency and the air-gap length have also been obtained. This work forms the basis for developing a practical HTS linear propulsion system by using HTS bulks both for propulsion and suspension.