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Radiation Damage in Thin Films of High Tc Superconductors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

G. J. Clark
Affiliation:
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
F. K. Legoues
Affiliation:
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
A. D. Marwick
Affiliation:
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
R. B. Laibowitz
Affiliation:
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
R. H. Koch
Affiliation:
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
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Abstract

Using O and As ions, we have investigated the effects of ion irradiation on the superconducting, electrical and microstructural properties of thin films of Y1Ba2Cu3Ox. Superconducting transitions were found to degrade in polycrystalline films by a decoupling of the superconducting grains while epitaxial films degrade due to bulk damage. Damage in the films was a result of elastic rather than electronic processes. Evidence is presented for 1D normal conductivity in the films.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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