NONMONOTONOUS VARIATION OF THE SUPERCONDUCTING PARAMETERS OF NEUTRON-IRRADIATED LI-DOPED YBA2CU3O7-X

Authors
SANDU V POPA S JAKLOVSZKY J CIMPOIASU E
Citation
V. Sandu et al., NONMONOTONOUS VARIATION OF THE SUPERCONDUCTING PARAMETERS OF NEUTRON-IRRADIATED LI-DOPED YBA2CU3O7-X, Journal of superconductivity, 11(2), 1998, pp. 245-251
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied","Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Journal of superconductivity → ACNP
ISSN journal
08961107
Volume
11
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
245 - 251
Database
ISI
SICI code
0896-1107(1998)11:2<245:NVOTSP>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The effect of thermal and epithermal neutron irradiation on the superc onducting critical temperature and critical current density of some Li -doped YBa2Cu3O7-x, samples was studied. The critical temperature exhi bits a peak and the critical current density a valley in their depende nce on neutron fluence, for moderate dose. A simple model, based on th e Van Hove scenario and the kinetics of the defect production, is used to describe both phenomena.