aDepartment of Physics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1048, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
bDepartment of Materials Science and Technology, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, Niigata 940-2188, Japan
Abstract:
Hotspot formation is observed in a structured thin superconducting film of Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox (BSCCO) using the fluorescent thermal imaging technique. The BSCCO film is deposited on SrTiO3 (STO) and has a superconducting transition at 80 K. A film of rare-earth doped polymer film deposited directly on the superconductor is used as thermal sensor down to 4 K.