Analysis of current ramp for a high-temperature superconducting magnet

In this paper, an equivalent electrical circuit for response of a high-temperature superconductor (HTS) system for arbitrary time varying transport current is considered and as well as an analysis of the generated resistance losses is given. Also, for the pancake coil made with superconducting Bi-2223/AgMg tape, hysteresis behavior on the voltage-current curve is examined as a function of the current rate during ramp up and down at liquid nitrogen temperature. Behavior of voltage versus current is in good agreement with considered theory.     

AC loss in a high-temperature superconducting coil

In a typical superconducting coil made of BSCCO/Ag tape, both amplitude and direction of the magnetic field determine the critical current, resistive voltage and AC loss. The distribution of the magnetic field along and across the superconducting tape in a coil is rather complex. This gives rise to the question: how accurate can one predict the critical current, V–I characteristic and AC loss of the AC coil from results of short sample measurements? To answer this question, we have measured and compared the characteristics of a short sample and a small coil employing 14 m of the same tape at 77 K. The comparison is performed as follows. First, a short sample is characterised with regard to the field dependence of the critical current, V–I characteristic and the AC loss. Second, the distribution of the magnetic field along the tape in a coil is accurately calculated. From the data, the voltage along the tape and the loss of the tape in the coil are found. Finally, the resistive voltage and the AC loss of the complete coil are calculated and compared to measured AC losses in the frequency range of 0 to 160 Hz, typical for power applications.     

Investigation of the structural features of high-temperature superconducting crystals by the method of channelization and resonant nuclear reactions

The structural features of the oxygen sublattice in the YBa ₂ Cu ₃ O ₇ crystals are analyzed based on a comparison of the calculated angular dependence of the yield of resonant nuclear reaction ¹⁶ O(α, α) ¹⁶ O with the available experimental results obtained for ions with energies of 3.055, 3.06, and 7.6 MeV. It is established that in crystal films there are vacancies in oxygen chains at room temperature, and oxygen atoms are considerably displaced from the equilibrium positions in directions perpendicular to the <001> axis. In thick crystals at temperatures close to the temperature of phase transition into the superconducting state, no large thermal and/or static displacements of oxygen atoms from the equilibrium positions are observed. __________ Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 8, pp. 35–39, August, 2006.     

Magnetoresistance anisotropy of a one-dimensional superconducting niobium strip

We investigated confinement effects on the resistive anisotropy of a superconducting niobium strip with a rectangular cross section. When its transverse dimensions are comparable to the superconducting coherence length, the angle dependent magnetoresistances at a fixed temperature can be scaled as R(theta,H) = R(H/Hctheta) where Hctheta =Hc0(cos2theta + gamma(-2)sin2theta)(-1/2) is the angular dependent critical field, gamma is the width to thickness ratio, and Hc0 is the critical field in the thickness direction at theta=0 degrees . The results can be understood in terms of the anisotropic diamagnetic energy for a given field in a one-dimensional superconductor.     

高温超导导线I_c-B特性的测量

测量了高温超导导线Bi-2223/Ag的临界电流值与外加磁场的依赖性关系.实验结果表明:超导线材的临界电流不仅与磁场大小有关,而且还与外磁场的方向有关.外磁场越大,临界电流值越小;Bi-2223/Ag呈扁带状,临界电流对磁场的依赖性呈现各向异性.该实验与高温超导材料临界温度测量实验结合为高温超导电性能综合测试实验,为学生自主研究提供了拓展空间.     

Stoichiometric relations in high-temperature superconducting compounds

Applying the Jing and Gonser model for the high-T _c superconductivity based on electron hopping the Stoichiometric connections and appropriate restrictions are given. It is shown that for the compounds of typeA _2–x B _xCuO₄ andAB ₂Cu₃O_9–x, whereA is a trivalent rare-earth ion andB is a divalent alkali earth ion, the superconductivity is realized only if 0T _c superconducting compounds are propounded and considered, too. The optimum compound which contains fluorine atoms should be of the form YBa₂Cu₃F₂O_5.875. All the relations presented find confirmation in experiments.     

Diffusion coupling between a barrel-shaped resonant cavity and a coaxial waveguide

We consider a resonant cavity in the form of a section of a weakly irregular metal tube coupled with a waveguide of larger cross section. Eigenmodes of such a cavity with frequencies close to the cutoff frequency are described by the inhomogeneous-string equation. The solution of this equation obtained by the variational technique leads to standard formulas for interaction between the cavity and an incident wave.     

Microscopic theory of phase slip in a narrow durty superconducting strip

Phase slip in a narrow durty superconducting strip is studied theoretically using the Usadel formalism. Coordinate-dependent Green’s functions corresponding to the saddle point of the trajectory in the configuration space have been calculated, and the dependence of the free energy barrier on the transport current, magnetic field, and temperature has been obtained.     

Multistable current states in high-temperature superconducting composites

Conditions for current instabilities that arise in high-temperature superconducting composites with essentially nonlinear dependences of the critical current densities and resistivity on the temperature and magnetic induction have been studied. The analysis has been conducted in terms of zero-dimensional models, which has made it possible to formulate general physical mechanisms behind the formation of currents states in superconducting composites according to the external magnetic field induction, cooling conditions, and the properties of the superconductor and cladding. The possible existence of current and temperature stable steps, as well as stable steps of the electric field strength, in the absence of the superconducting–normal transition, has been demonstrated. Reasons for instabilities under multistable current states have been discussed.     

Surface plasmon propagation in a metal strip waveguide with biaxial substrate

Surface plasmon propagation in a nano metal strip waveguide with a biaxial substrate material was studied. The dispersion of the four fundamental modes propagating in the strip waveguide structure was analysed using a formalism based on the method of lines. The propagation properties of these modes with respect to the thickness of the metal film was studied, with two different biaxial materials as substrate for the waveguide. The results were then compared with the asymmetric strip waveguide structures with isotropic substrate and a uniaxial anisotropic substrate. Propagation characteristics as a function of longitudinal and transverse anisotropic components of the substrate material were also studied. The characteristics of the fundamental modes are observed to vary depending on the anisotropy of the biaxial material used.     

Dynamics of vortex–antivortex pair in a superconducting thin strip with narrow slits

In the framework of phenomenological time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau(TDGL) formalism,the dynamical properties of vortex-antivortex(V-Av) pair in a superconductor film with a narrow slit was studied.The slit position and length can have a great impact not only on the vortex dynamical behavior but also the current-voltage(Ⅰ-Ⅴ) characteristics of the sample.Kinematic vortex lines can be predominated by the location of the slit.In the range of relatively low applied currents for a constant weak magnetic field,kinematic vortex line appears at right or left side of the slit by turns periodically.We found such single-side kinematic vortex line cannot lead to a jump in the Ⅰ-Ⅴ curve.At higher applied currents the phase-slip lines can be observed at left and right sides of the slit simultaneously.The competition between the vortex created at the lateral edge of the sample and the V-Av pair in the slit will result in three distinctly different scenarios of vortex dynamics depending on slit length:the lateral vortex penetrates the sample to annihilate the antivortex in the slit;the V-Av pair in the slit are driven off and expelled laterally;both the lateral vortex and the slit antivortex are depinned and driven together to annihilation in the halfway.     

Tuning the resonance in high-temperature superconducting terahertz metamaterials

In this Letter, we present resonance properties in terahertz metamaterials consisting of a split-ring resonator array made from high-temperature superconducting films. By varying the temperature, we observe efficient metamaterial resonance switching and frequency tuning. The results are well reproduced by numerical simulations of metamaterial resonance using the experimentally measured complex conductivity of the superconducting film. We develop a theoretical model that explains the tuning features, which takes into account the resistive resonance damping and additional split-ring inductance contributed from both the real and imaginary parts of the temperature-dependent complex conductivity. The theoretical model further predicts more efficient resonance tuning in metamaterials consisting of a thinner superconducting split-ring resonator array, which are also verified in subsequent experiments.     

Microwave breakdown initiated in a high-temperature superconducting film by thermal disturbances and defects

The effect of thermal disturbances and nonsuperconducting defects on the microwave breakdown of a high-temperature superconducting film is investigated theoretically. The dependence of the critical energy of thermal disturbances on the surface microwave field is obtained. It is shown that in a wide range of values of the surface microwave field the critical energy of local disturbances is less than the critical energy of spatially extended disturbances. It is established that microwave breakdown on defects may be preceded by a stage of formation of a finite-size normal-phase region localized at the defect. The effect of the form and absorption coefficient of the defect on scenarios leading to the destruction of superconductivity and on the microwave breakdown field of a film at a defect are investigated. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 69, 52–59 (May 1999)