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Heavy-Ion Damage to Magnesium Diboride Films: Electrical Transport-Current Characterization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 March 2011

H. R. Kerchner ,
C. Cantoni ,
M. Paranthaman ,
D. K. Christen ,
H. M. Christen ,
J. R. Thompson  and
D. J. Miller
H. R. Kerchner
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
C. Cantoni
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
M. Paranthaman
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
D. K. Christen
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
H. M. Christen
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
J. R. Thompson
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
D. J. Miller
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
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Abstract

The use of magnesium diboride in superconducting magnets, transmission lines, or other large-scale applications depends on the transport-current characteristics of this material in magnetic field, and how they compare to the properties of conventional and high-temperature superconductors. Thin films of boron grown on sapphire substrates during electron-beam evaporation were exposed to Mg vapor to produce 0.5-μm thick layers of the metallic compound MgB2. Four-terminal measurements of their voltagecurrent relations, E(J), were carried out before and after exposure to Bφ =1-T and higher doses of 1-Gev U ions. These doses lowered critical temperatures Tc≈39 K less than 0.1 degree, raised the normal-state resistivity, and reduced the loss-free critical current density, Jc. Higher doses added little. The reduction of current densities was greater in the presence of applied magnetic field greater than 0.1 T.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 689: Symposium E – Materials for High-Temperature Superconductor Technologies , 2001 , E.5.5
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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