Magnetic field and currents in HTSC films

Magnetic field measurements above type-II superconductor films in a remanent magnetization state have been used to determine two dimensional surface current distributions. Using the Biot-Savart law for the surface current density, integral equations (of 2-D convolution type) for two components of current have been obtained. These equations have been solved by employing Tikhonov's method of generalized discrepancy, and the surface current pattern in superconductors as well as the magnetic field distribution on the film surface have been obtained. Current peculiarities related to various kinds of inhomogeneities, specific character of the film form, and a laser pulse effect have been observed. In particular, it was discovered that a laser pulse can signficantly redistribute the film currents without changing the total number of current vortices in the film.     

GdBCO超导体的顺磁性及低温下磁通分布的动态观测

本文研究了100～300K之间Gd1．8Ba2.4Cu3．4O7-δ（简写为GdBCO）超导体的顺磁性，对GdBCO的磁化强度随磁场和温度的变化分别在100K和0．1T进行了测试，GdBCO的顺磁性遵从朗之万顺磁性理论．在磁光显微镜下，低温12K场冷下，我们观察了从0mT～29mT磁通线进入GdBCO的超导体的过程，以及磁通线在GdBCO超导体中的分布。     

Four contact electrical measurements on the anisotropic high-Tc superconductors: voltage reversals

We describe three mechanisms for the anomalous voltage reversals which are occasionally observed during four contact current-voltage measurements on the high temperature superconductors. Voltage reversals have been frequently observed for whiskers of the bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide (BSSCO) compounds, and we describe measurements made on high quality whiskers of the 2:2:1:2 and 2:2:2:3 phases. A simple model based on extreme anisotropy plus offset contacts can explain the gross features of four contact measurements in the ohmic flux-flow regime, but not the wealth of reversal phenomena found for the IVVI configuration in the lower temperature irreversibility region.     

超导体磁场穿透深度测量中的数据分析问题

讨论了目前在超导体磁场穿透深度λ测量中常用的几种数据分析方法.着重指出对于那些只能测量λ随温度的变化值Δλ(T),而无法测量其绝对值的实验而言,一种合适的数据分析方法对于我们从实验中得出正确的结论尤其重要.而微分归一法将有效地克服目前此类实验中常用数据处理方法的不足,从而实现理论与实验间的无参量比较. 关键词： 超导体 磁场穿透深度     

Size dependence of the thermo-electrodynamics states of composite high-Tc superconductors and its effect on the current instability conditions

The effect of transverse geometries of the slab of composite high-T_c superconductors on their stable and unstable thermal and electrodynamics transient states in the incomplete and complete penetration modes during the current charging are discussed. The transient period when the electric field that is induced by the charged current becomes more homogeneous during the initial stage of the complete penetration mode in the sub-critical voltage range is studied. In the over-critical voltage range, the cross-section shape of the slab affects its stable and unstable temperature variation. As a result, the current instability condition is not identical for high-T_c superconducting composite tapes that have the same cross-sectional area with various shapes of the cross-section. The condition depends on their thickness: the less thickness, the more stable the current distribution in the composite superconductors with the same cross-sectional area. This feature is a result of the unavoidable reduction of the current-carrying capacity of a high-T_c superconducting composite by the temperature increase. This reduction is caused by the relevant temperature dependence of electrodynamics states of the composite. This temperature dependence happens even during a stable stage of the current charging. These mechanisms must be considered during experiments at which the critical or quenching currents are defined.     

磁性离子Fe和Ni替代YBCO体系的结构特征和载流子局域化

为阐明磁性离子在不同替代位置对YBCO体系超导电性的影响机制，利用正电子湮没及相关实验手段结合数值模拟，系统研究了Fe和Ni掺杂的YBa₂Cu₃O_7-δ体系. 结果表明，Fe和Ni离子在替代过程中均以离子团簇的形式进入晶格. 当离子进入CuO₂面时，由于团簇改变了周围的电子结构，造成电子的局域化，并直接影响了电子对的配对和输运，因而强烈抑制了体系的超导电性.而当掺杂离子进入Cu-O链区时，它们同样通过团簇的形式改变周围 关键词： YBCO超导体 磁性离子替代 正电子湮没 数值模拟     

强磁场下的固体物理研究进展

强磁场下的物理研究是一个富有成果的研究领域，40T以下稳态强磁场的研制成功为固体物理研究提供了新的科学机遇。文章简要地介绍强磁场下某些固体物理，其中包括高温超导体的H－T相图和非费米液体行为，德哈斯（de Haas)效应和费米面性质，电子的Wigner结晶及其动力学行为，磁场诱导的相变（如绝缘体－金属和超导转变），多级磁有序，串级自旋密度波和大块材料中的量子霍尔效应等的实验研究的近期进展，希望以此引起人们对国内强磁场下物理研究的关注。     

Microstructure and transport properties of various 90° grain boundaries in YBa2Cu3O7 thin films

The microstructure and transport properties of various 90° grain boundaries in (103) oriented YBa₂Cu₃O₇(YBCO) thin films grown epitaxially in situ by 90° off-axis sputtering are compared. The (103) films grown on (101) LaAlO₃ and (101) SrTiO₃ substrates have specific sets of 90° grain boundaries in both principal in-plane directions: 90° [010] twist boundaries along the [101] direction, and 90° [010] symmetrical tilt boundaries and 90° [010] basal-plane-faced tilt boundaries along the (301) direction. No weak-link behavior is observed across some of these boundaries by transport critical current density and normalized magnetic field dependence of J _c measurements along both those in-plane directions. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy reveals variations in the structure and microfaceting of the 90° boundaries, which may contribute to the absence of weak-link behavior. These results have important implications for understanding the behavior of step-edge Josephson junctions.     

Development of Oxidation Sources in Preparation of High-Tc Oxide Superconductor Thin Films Using the Molecular Beam Epitaxy Method

Film preparation of oxide superconductors, mainly of the 1-2-3 (RBa₂Cu₃O_x) and Bi-containing (Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O) systems, by evaporation of either metals or metal compounds by low pressure is summarized, with a particular focus on the development of oxidation sources essential to the technique. Oxidizing reagents that enable the oxidation of metal evaporates to take place in high (0·1 to 10_?3 Pa) or even ultra-high (<10_?5 Pa) vacuum are summarized using the experiments of those who tried to apply the molecular beam epitaxy method to atomically controlled fabrication of thin films of the material, especially for device processing. The evaporation in various kinds of oxidizing atmosphere, including the simple method of in situ annealing of the metal layers in oxygen to the more advanced in situ preparation of the films with strong oxidizing reagents such as atomic oxygen, ozone, nitric oxide, etc. along with the thermochemistry of the oxidation of metals by low pressure with these reagents is reviewed.     

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。