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Flux pinning and vortex dynamics in MgB2 doped with TiO2 and SiC inclusions

Low Temp. Phys. 35, 439 (2009); doi:10.1063/1.3151990

Issue Date: June 2009

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V. G. Prokhorov and G. G. Kaminsky
Institute of Metal Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev 03142, Ukraine

V. L. Svetchnikov
National Center for HREM, TU Delft, 2628AL, The Netherlands

J. S. Park, T. W. Eom, and Y. P. Lee
Quantum Photonic Science Research Center and Department of Physics, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea

J.-H. Kang
Department of Nano and Electronics Physics, Kookmin University, Seoul 136-702, Korea

V. A. Khokhlov
Donetsk Institute for Physics and Technology, NASU, Donetsk 83114, Ukraine

P. Mikheenko
Department of Material Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, United Kingdom
The mixed-state superconducting properties of bulk MgB2+2  at.  %TiO2 and +8  at.  %SiC, prepared by in situ solid state reaction, are investigated. Analysis of the mixed-state parameters, such as the upper critical field, the coherence length, and the Ginzburg-Landau parameter, proves that MgB2+2  at.  %TiO2 is a high-kappa type-II superconductor in the dirty limit, while MgB2+8  at.  %SiC corresponds to that in the moderately clean limit. It is shown that the grain-boundary pinning realized in fine-grained doped MgB2 polycrystals is of the anisotropic rather than the electron-scattering type. The field-cooled temperature dependences of the magnetic moment reveal a transition of the samples to the paramagnetic state at certain applied magnetic fields, which is treated as manifestation of the paramagnetic Meissner effect. The experimental results are discussed on the base of modern theoretical approaches. ©2009 American Institute of Physics
History: Submitted 22 January 2009; revised 13 February 2009
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KEYWORDS and PACS

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PACS
  • 74.25.Op
    Mixed state, critical fields, and surface sheath
  • 74.25.Qt
    Vortex lattices, flux pinning, flux creep
  • 74.20.De
    Phenomenological theories of superconductivity
  • 74.25.Ha
    Magnetic properties of superconductors
  • YEAR: 2009

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