High-temperature superconductors / [edited by] X.G. Qiu.
High temperature superconductors have received a great deal of attention in recent years, due to their potential in device and power applications. This book summarises the materials science and physics of all the most important high temperature superconductors as well as discussing material growth,...
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Cambridge, UK ; Philadelphia, PA :
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2011.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; High-temperature superconductors; Copyright; Contents; Contributor contact details; Preface; Part I Fundamentals of high-temperature superconductors; 1 Deposition technologies, growth and properties of high-Tc films; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Deposition techniques; 1.3 HTS film growth characterisation; 1.4 Concluding remarks; 1.5 Acknowledgement; 1.6 References; 2 Transport properties of high-Tc cuprate thinfilms as superconductive materials; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Temperature dependence of the zero-field resistivity in superconducting La2
- xSrxCuO4thin films.
- 2.3 Magnetoresistivity in superconducting La2
- xSrxCuO4 thin films2.4 Hall effect; 2.5 General conclusion; 2.6 References; 3 The optical conductivity of high-temperature superconductors; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The phase diagram of cuprate superconductors; 3.3 Optical response of conducting media; 3.4 The normal state; 3.5 The superconducting state; 3.6 Future trends; 3.7 References; Part II Growth techniques and properties of particular high-temperature superconductors; 4 Sputter deposition of large-area double-sided YBCO superconducting films; 4.1 Introduction.
- 4.2 Sputter deposition technique4.3 Epitaxial YBCO thin films; 4.4 Issues related to scale-up; 4.5 Thickness-dependent superconductivity behavior; 4.6 Challenges; 4.7 Conclusions; 4.8 References; 5 BSCCO high-Tc superconducting films; 5.1 Growth techniques of BSCCO thin films; 5.2 Physical properties of BSCCO thin films and multilayers; 5.3 Concluding remarks and future trends; 5.4 Acknowledgements; 5.5 References; 6 Electron-doped cuprates as high-temperature superconductors; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Structure; 6.3 Solid-state chemistry; 6.4 Sample preparation; 6.5 Electronic phase diagram.
- 6.6 Physical properties (1)
- normal-state properties6.7 Physical properties (2)
- superconducting properties; 6.8 Electronic structure and spectroscopy; 6.9 Summary; 6.10 Acknowledgements; 6.11 References; 7 Liquid phase epitaxy (LPE) growth of high-temperature superconducting films; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Fundamental study on LPE growth; 7.3 LPE growth mechanism of REBCO films; 7.4 Conclusion; 7.5 References; Part III Applications of high-temperature superconductors; 8 High-Tc Josephson junctions; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Types of high-Tc Josephson junctions; 8.3 Grain boundary junctions.
- 8.4 Artificial barrier junctions8.5 Intrinsic Josephson junctions; 8.6 Hybrid junctions; 8.7 Future trends; 8.8 References; 9 d-Wave YBCO dc superconductive quantum interference devices (dc SQUIDs); 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Grain boundary Josephson junctions; 9.3 Dynamics of a current biased SQUID in the presence of an unconventional current phase relation; 9.4 Probing the second harmonic component in the current phase relation by the magnetic field response of the SQUID; 9.5 Quantum circuit applications: HTS SQUIDs as 'silent' quantum bit; 9.6 Conclusions; 9.7 References.