Disorder effects and current percolation in FeAs based superconductors

Details Disorder effects and current percolation in FeAs based superconductors Disorder effects and current percolation in FeAs based superconductors

2010-01-29

arxiv.org/abs/1001.5386v1

Supercond. Sci. Technol. 23 (2010) 054006

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

Scientific paper

10.1088/0953-2048/23/5/054006

We report the influence of atomic disorder introduced by sequential neutron irradiation on the basic superconducting properties, flux pinning and grain connectivity. Two different polycrystalline Sm-1111 samples (SmFeAsO_{1-x}F_x) and two Ba-122 single crystals (BaFe_{1.8}Co_{0.2}As_2) were investigated. The monotonous decrease of the transition temperature with neutron fluence degrades the upper critical field, at least in the investigated temperature region. Pinning on the other hand is largely improved, with a different optimal defect concentration (fluence) in the two materials. The analysis of the current flow in the polycrystalline samples reveals weak link behaviour in the majority of grain connections and the existence of stronger grain connections. The density of the latter seems to be close to the percolation threshold (i.e. the minimum fraction for a continuous current path). Both types of connections are sensitive to disorder and degrade upon neutron irradiation.

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