Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2005-01-19
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.71.054509
The critical current density of epitaxial YBCO films grown on vicinal SrTiO3 substrates was investigated by electrical transport measurements along and across the steps of the SrTiO3 surface for a range of temperatures of 10 K to 85 K and in applied magnetic fields varying from 0 to 14 T. For vicinal angles of 4 and 8 degrees, we found evidence of enhanced pinning in the longitudinal direction at low magnetic fields for a wide region of temperatures and attribute this phenomenon to anti-phase boundaries in the YBCO film. The transverse Jc data showed a peak in the Jc(H) curve at low magnetic fields, which was explained on the basis of magnetic interaction between Abrikosov and Abrikosov-Josephson vortices. The in-plane Jc anisotropy observed for vicinal angles of 0.4 degrees was reversed with respect to the 8 degree and 4 degree samples. This phenomenon was interpreted on the basis of strain induced in the YBCO film by the stepped substrate's surface.
Budai J.
Cantoni Carolina
Christen David K.
Specht Eliot D.
Verebelyi Darren T.
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