Nonlinear effects of the thermal stabilization theory of applied superconducting materials

The stability of dissipative states of a Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈ applied superconducting composite cooled by liquid helium or hydrogen with continuously increasing current-voltage characteristics described by a power equation has been studied. It has been shown that, under intensive cooling conditions, special conditions of thermal stabilization can exist for applied superconducting materials (technical superconductors) if the nonlinear temperature dependences of critical current density and specific resistance of the stabilizing matrix are taken into account. First, the minimum currents of existence and propagation of a normal zone can be absent. Second, the intensive cooling of a technical superconductor substantially increases the range of stable currents in the diapason of supercritical currents. Third, during the irreversible propagation of the thermal instability, the temperature of a technical superconductor can increase under conditions close to adiabatic, despite cooling by liquid coolant. These effects should be taken into account upon determining the conditions for overheating a technical superconductor. The numerical experiments have been compared with the results that follow from the thermal stabilization theory of combined superconductors, which assumes a linear temperature dependence of critical current density of a superconductor and a step-wise transition from the superconducting to normal state.     

Maximum allowable currents in YBa2Cu3O7 superconducting tapes as a function of the coating thickness,external magnetic field induction,and cooling conditions

Maximum allowable (ultimate) currents stably passing through an YBa₂Cu₃O₇ superconducting current-carrying element are determined as a function of a silver (or copper) coating thickness, external magnetic field induction, and cooling conditions. It is found that if a magnetic system based on yttrium ceramics is cooled by a cryogenic coolant, currents causing instabilities (instability onset currents) are almost independent of the coating thickness. If, however, liquid helium is used as a cooling agent, the ultimate current monotonically grows with the thickness of the stabilizing copper coating. It is shown that depending on cooling conditions, the stable values of the current and electric field strength preceding the occurrence of instability may be both higher and lower than the a priori chosen critical parameters of the superconductor. These features should be taken into account in selecting the stable value of the operating current of YBa₂Cu₃O₇ superconducting windings.     

Low-temperature formation of thermal and electrodynamic states in Bi<Subscript>2</Subscript>Sr<Subscript>2</Subscript>CaCu<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>8</Subscript>

The formation of thermal and electrodynamic states in Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈ under the condition of current input is studied. The analysis is carried out for partial and complete current penetration under the assumption that the superconductor is cooled down to liquid helium temperature at the zero time. When the current input is continuous, the temperature dependence of the Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈ specific heat influences the form of the I-V and I-T characteristics of the superconductor. This effect is observed at high electric fields when both stable and unstable states form. As a result, the nonstationary I-V characteristic of Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈ has the only branch the slope of which is positive and decreases with increasing temperature. Therefore, the higher the rate of current input, the more pronounced the decrease in the slope. It is concluded that one cannot find the current above which instability develops from the Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈ I-V characteristic if the current input is continuous.     

Magnetic field dependence of vortex activation energy: A comparison between MgB2, NbSe2 and Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10 superconductors

The dissipative mechanism at low current density is compared in three different classes of superconductors. This is achieved by measuring the resistance as a function of temperature and magnetic field in clean polycrystalline samples of NbSe₂, MgB₂ and Bi₂Sr₂Ca₂Cu₃O₁₀ (BSCCO) superconductors. Thermally activated flux flow behaviour is seen in all the three systems and clearly identified in bulk MgB₂. While the activation energy at low fields for MgB₂ is comparable to Bi₂Sr₂Ca₂Cu₃O₁₀, its field dependence follows a parabolic behaviour unlike a power-law dependence seen in Bi₂Sr₂Ca₂Cu₃O₁₀. We analyse our results based on Kramer’s scaling for grain boundary pinning in MgB₂ and NbSe₂.      

Increase in the diamagnetic response from low-density Bi1.8Pb0.3Sr1.9Ca2Cu3Ox high-temperature superconductors and Bi1.8Pb0.3Sr1.9Ca2Cu3Ox + Ag composites

Low-density polycrystalline Bi_1.8Pb_0.3Sr_1.9Ca₂Cu₃O _x high-temperature superconductors with a foamlike microstructure and composites consisting of this superconductor and silver in an amount of 20, 25, and 30 vol % are synthesized. The microstructure, as well as the temperature and field dependences of the magnetization, M(T) and M(H), are studied. It is found that, in Bi_1.8Pb_0.3Sr_1.9Ca₂Cu₃O _x high-temperature superconductors and Bi_1.8Pb_0.3Sr_1.9Ca₂Cu₃O _x + Ag composites, the diamagnetic response is enhanced and the screening properties are improved compared with high-temperature polycrystalline superconductors with the same composition that are prepared by the standard technology. The observed effect is explained by the features of magnetic flux penetration into a porous medium.     

General regularities of magnetoresistive effects in the polycrystalline yttrium and bismuth high-temperature superconductor systems

The influence of thermomagnetic prehistory on the behavior of a resistive transition R(T) in external magnetic fields of polycrystalline YBa₂Cu₃O₇ and Bi_1.8Pb_0.3Sr_1.9Ca₂Cu₃O _x high-temperature supercon-ductors and the Bi_1.8Pb_0.3Sr_1.9Ca₂Cu₃O _x + Ag texture has been investigated. It has been found that, for YBa₂Cu₃O₇, the thermomagnetic prehistory exerts a substantial influence on the dissipation in the subsystem of grain boundaries in magnetic fields up to ～10³ Oe, and this effect becomes insignificant in fields higher than ～10⁴ Oe. This behavior has been explained by the influence of magnetic moments of high-temperature superconductor grains on the effective magnetic field in the intergranular medium. For bismuth high-temperature superconductors, no influence of thermomagnetic prehistory on the resistive transition has been observed; however, this effect manifests itself in current-voltage characteristics at high transport current densities. There is also a radical difference in the behavior of isotherms of the magnetoresistance R(H) for the yttrium and bismuth systems. For YBa₂Cu₃O₇, there is a clear separation between the dissipation regimes in the intergranular medium and in grains, which manifests itself even at low transport current densities as a change of sign in the curvature of the dependence R(H). For a texture based on the bismuth high-temperature superconductor, this feature has been observed only at high current densities (comparable to the critical current density at H = 0). This difference in the behavior of magnetoresistive properties of the classical high-temperature superconductor systems under investigation has been explained by relatively low irreversibility fields of the bismuth high-temperature superconductors. In these materials, simultaneous processes of dissipation can occur in an external magnetic field both in the subsystem of grain boundaries between crystallites and in the crystallites themselves.     

Comparative evaluation of methods for precise determination of oxygen stoichiometry in highT c oxides

A comparative study of the methods for oxygen stoichiometry—direct inert gas fusion method and two indirect iodometric methods—has been carried out. The indirect iodometric method in which Cu(III) is directly estimated, has been found to be more precise. Several samples of YBa₂Cu₃O _x of varyingx, their fluorine-substituted counterparts and also Bi₂Sr₂Ca₁Cu₂O _x and Tl₂Ba₂Ca₁Cu₂O _x have been analysed.     

Specific heat anomaly in Bi1.6Pb0.4Sr2Ca2Cu3Oy superconductor

The specific heat anomaly ΔC of Bi_1.6Pb_0.4Sr₂Ca₂Cu₃O_y was observed in the temperature range 80–100 K. It is estimated from ΔC that γ15 mJ/mol·K² and H_{c2(T=0)100 T} in this sample. The specific heat anomaly confirmed the occurrence of bulk superconductivity of the high-T_c phase in Bi_1.6Pb_0.4Sr₂Ca₂Cu₃O_y superconductor.     

新型超导体MgB2和MgCNi3热、电输运性质研究

报道了两种新型超导体MgB₂,MgCNi₃和氧化物高温超导体Bi_{2< /sub>Sr2Ca0.9Ce0.1Cu2O8+y 的热导率-温度关系和电阻率-温度关系.实验发现氧化物高温超导 体在进入超导态后热导有所上升，出现极大值后再下降，而MgB2和MgCNi3 则单调下降. 由Wiedemann-Fra 关键词： 热导率 超导体 2}')" href="#">MgB₂ 3')" href="#">MgCNi₃     

在H2气氛中Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ的热处理效应

对高品质单相多晶Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_8+δ样品作真空或H₂气氛中不同温度下的热处理。由X射线结构分析,其正常态和超导态性质(特别是载流子浓度)的系统测量结果表明:Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂0_8+δ样品在H₂气氛中热处理,其氧的释放可分为两个阶段:一是Bi-O层之间的过量氧原子的逸出,降低系统的载流子浓度,从而调节T_c;二是CuO₂面内氧原子的迁移,产生氧空位,使CuO₂面内Cu²⁺的短程二维反铁磁(2D-AFM)有序背景遭到破坏。可以认为:以往文献中报道的Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_8+δ超导体的吸氢效应导致T_c的变化,很可能主要的并不是氢原子的电子掺杂行为,而是与吸氢过程中氧含量的变化相联系。 关键词：     

Copper Defects and Conductivity in Bi—Pb—Sr—Ca—Cu—O Glasses

Glass ceramics of the composition (Bi_0.8Pb_0.2)₄Sr₃Ca₃Cu₄O₈ prepared by the melt quenching technique and the crystalline phases produced by the rapid thermal annealing have been studied by electrical resistivity and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) measurements in the temperature range from liquid helium up to room temperature. The concentration of the EPR active Cu^2? paramagnetic centers decreases as conductivity increases for the glass ceramics and disappears after crystallization and the growth of superconducting phases, similar to bulk high-T_c superconductors. The KPR spectra of both glass and crystallized ceramics after short-time annealing indicate the coexistence of Cu^2? paramagnetic ions and the exchange coupled clusters.     

Magnetization anomaly and anisotropy of Bi2Sr2CaCu2−xNixO8 single crystals

We have observed the anomalous magnetization of Bi₂Sr₂CaCu_2−xNi_xO₈ (x = 0 and 0.02) single crystals. Anisotropy decreases with iodine intercalation although it expands the space between CuO₂ layers. Iodine intercalation seems to suppress the magnetization anomaly for Ni = 1% crystals, but not for Ni = 1% substituted crystals. We have discussed these results in terms of the increase of anisotropy by Ni substitution and the dimensional crossover of flux lines. Effects of both oxygen concentration and substitution of a magnetic element for the Cu site on the anisotropy of Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈ crystals show the same tendency as the case of the YBa₂Cu₃O₇ superconductor.     

Dimensional crossover in a BiSrCaCuO single crystal vibrating reed experiment

With the vibrating reed technique we have measured the depinning lines (DLs) of vortices in Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈ and Y(6%Gd)Ba₂Cu₃O_6.83 single crystals for magnetic fields parallel to the [CuO₂] planes. The DLs of the two compounds have similar slopes for reduced temperaturest>0.98 and magnetic fieldsB<0.1 T. AtB0.1 T we observe a pronounced change in the slope of the DL of the Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈ sample which may indicate a crossover from a three to a two dimensional superconductor.     

Semiconducting TlSr2RCu2O7 (R=rare earth) and its superconducting derivatives

Semiconducting TlSr₂RCu₂O₇ (R=Pr or Er) with a 1212-type structure has been synthesized in the single-phase form. Partial substitution of Sr²⁺ for R³⁺ converts this semiconductor to a 90 K superconductor TlSr₂(R_1–y Sr _y )Cu₂O₇. A combination substitution, Sr²⁺ for R³⁺ and Pb⁴⁺ for Tl³⁺, leads to the Ca-free 100 K superconductor (Tl, Pb)Sr₂(R, Sr)Cu₂O₇. The results are explained in the framework of the mixed Cu²⁺/Cu³⁺ valence.     

Superconducting screen printed thick films of YBa2Cu3O7 and Bi1.6Pb0.4Sr1.6Ca2.4Cu3O10 on polycrystalline substrates

Thick films of YBa₂Cu₃O₇ and Bi_1.6Pb_0.4Sr_1.6Ca_2.4Cu₂O₁₀ have been prepared using a screen printing method on polycrystalline substrates. The films have been characterized by X-ray diffraction, electrical measurements and SEM observations. YBa₂Cu₃O₇ films exhibited T_c ranging from 80 to 87 K on Y₂BaCuO₅ substrates while Bi_1.6Pb_0.5Sr_1.6Ca_2.4Cu₃O₁₀ films on polycrystalline MgO reached the zero resistance state at 104 K with critical current densities of up to 10 A/cm² at 77 K.     

Properties of IR Absorption Spectra of Bi-Pb-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Superconducting Material

Abstract

We used the co-decomposition method to make the Bi(Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O superconductor samples (T_c = 112K) under oxygen partial pressure. Oxygen dependence of high-T_c phase was studied. The infrared absorption spectra of (Bi_1?xPb_x)₂Sr₂Ca₂Cu₃O_10+σ superconductor were measured at various temperatures from 98 to 290K. A new IR absorption peak was observed at 1265 cm^?1 below 217K. The intensity of this peak became stronger with temperature decreasing.     

110 k superconductivity in crystallized Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O glasses

Superconducting transition temperatures near 110 K are observed in the Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O system with the nominal compositions Bi₂Sr₂Ca₃Cu₄O_x and Bi₂Sr₂Ca₄Cu₅O_x. Electrical resistivity, magnetization, and X-ray diffraction data are reported. Also discussed is the effect of heat treatment on the thermodynamic behavior of the superconducting phases in the rapidly quenched glasses.     

Synthesis,Mössbauer studies and superconductivity of substituted Bi 2201 phase

We report X-ray diffraction, resistivity and Mössbauer studies on several substituted 2201 Bi cuprates, Bi₂Sr₂Cu_1?xFe_xO_y(O≤x≤1) and Bi₂Sr_1.6La_0.4Cu_1?xFe_xO_y and Bi_1.6Pb_0.4Sr_1.6La_0.4Cu_1?xFe_xO_y (O≤x≤0.04). The first series is not superconducting and a new phase appears for x=1. For La substituted samples, T_c increases up to 35K and decreases strongly with x. All Mössbauer spectra were fitted well with four quadrupole doublets, with relative population depending on samples.     

Investigation of stimulated dynamics in strongly anisotropic high-temperature superconductors system Bi-Pb-Sr-Ca-Cu-O

It is used the mechanical method of Abrikosov vortex stimulated dynamics investigation in superconductors. With its help it was studied relaxation phenomena in vortex matter of high-temperature superconductors. It established that pulsed magnetic fields change the course of relaxation processes taking place in vortex matter. The study of the influence of magnetic pulses differing by their durations and amplitudes on vortex system of strongly anisotropic high-temperature superconductors system Bi_1.7Pb_0.3Sr₂Ca₂Cu₃O_10−δ showed the presence of threshold phenomena. The small duration pulses do not change the course of relaxation processes taking place in vortex matter. When the duration of pulses exceeds some critical value (threshold), then their influence changes the course of relaxation process which is revealed by stepwise change of relaxing mechanical moment τrel. These investigations showed that the time for formatting of Abrikosov vortex lattice in Bi_1.7Pb_0.3Sr₂Ca₂Cu₃O_10−δ is of the order of 150 μs which on the order of value exceeds the time necessary for formation of a single vortex observed in isotropic high-temperature superconductor HoBa₂Cu₃O_7−δ and on two orders exceeds the creation time of a single vortex observed in classical type II superconductors.     

Anisotropic properties of the microwave magneto-dissipation in high-T c superconducting films

We report measurements of the magnetic field dependent microwave dissipation at 21 GHz in Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_8+x epitaxial films and in oriented YBa₂Cu₃O_7?σ films, by means of the end-wall-replacement cavity technique. The power reflected by the tuned cavity is measured as a function of the external magnetic fieldH and of the angle ε betweenH and the (a, b), planes, at fixed temperatures. In Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_8+x , apart from a narrow (Δε≈0.5°) angular range close to the parallel orientation, the strongly anisotropic dissipation exhibits striking scaling properties: all the data at fixed temperature can be made to collapse on a single curve with a simple angular scaling of the magnetic field:H→H/f(ε). It is found that the anisotropy ratiof(0°)/f(90°) increases with temperature. It is shown that the scaling functionf(ε) and its temperature evolution are in agreement with the model for a quasi-2D superconductor. In YBa₂Cu₃O_7-σ the presence of the flux-flow dissipation prevents the application of a scaling procedure, and a specific model must be applied. We obtain that the anisotropy is almost constant with the temperature, as predicted for a three-dimensional, anisotropic superconductor.