T Matsushita et al 2001 Supercond. Sci. Technol. 14 732 doi:10.1088/0953-2048/14/9/321
T Matsushita, D Yoshimi, M Migita and E S Otabe
Show affiliationsIt is known that the peak effect in Y-123 superconductors is caused by oxygen deficient regions with lower Tc. In order to study the flux pinning mechanism of these defects, the effect of the addition of 211 particles on the peak effect was measured. It was found that the addition of the 211 phase deteriorated the pronounced peak effect at medium magnetic fields. This suggests that the pinning mechanism of the oxygen deficient regions is repulsive and based on the kinetic energy interaction under the proximity effect. The peak effect itself is considered to be caused by a transitional variation in the elastic property of flux lines. In the low- and high-field regions, the dominant pinning centres are 211 particles. The observed results on the critical current density and the irreversibility field were compared with the theoretical predictions of the flux creep-flow model, assuming pinning by the 211 particles.
74.62.Dh Effects of crystal defects, doping and substitution
74.45.+c Proximity effects; Andreev effect; SN and SNS junctions
Issue 9 (September 2001)
Received 14 June 2001
Published 22 August 2001
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