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The effect of BZO dopant concentration on magnetically obtained Birr and Bc2 in YBCO thin films deposited on STO substrates

Authors: Paturi P, Malmivirta M, Palonen H, Huhtinen H

Publication year: 2014

Journal: Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Journal name in source: Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Article number: 012040

Volume: 507

Issue: 1

First page : 1

Last page: 4

Number of pages: 4

ISSN: 1742-6588

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/507/1/012040

Web address : http://stacks.iop.org/1742-6596/507/i=1/a=012040

Abstract

The effect of BaZrO₃ (BZO) dopant concentration (0-9 wt-%) on magnetically obtained irreversibility field B_irr and upper critical field B_c₂ is investigated in YBa₂Cu₃O_6+x (YBCO) thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition on SrTiO₃ (001) (STO) substrates. It is found that the magnetic determination of B_irr and B_c2 works well. The results show that BZO-doping increases B_c2 in all concentrations, implying a change in the coherence length and band structure of the superconductor.