Swift heavy-ion irradiation effects on the super-conducting material La1.85Sr0.15CuO4

T. Mitamura, M. Terasawa, X. Fan, T. Kohara, K. Ueda, T. Kambara, Y. Awaya, M. Matsuda, G. Tatara, N. Takezawa, K. Fukushima

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Abstract

The effects of columnar defects produced by swift heavy-ion irradiation on magnetic flux pinning were studied for the polycrystalline La1.85Sr0.15CuO4. The bulk specimens were irradiated with 3.5GeV 136Xe31+ ions from a single direction or multi-directions in order to investigate the effects of columnar defect configuration. The magnetization hysteresis was measured with a super-conducting quantum interference device (SQUID) magnetometer, and the critical current density Jc and irrevers-ibility line were observed. In the specimens irradiated from multi-directions, more enhancement of the critical current density and larger shifts of the irreversibility line to higher fields were observed than in the specimens irradiated from a single direction.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)337-339
Number of pages3
JournalPhysica Scripta
Volume73
DOIs
StatePublished - 1997
Externally publishedYes

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