Abstract
Epitaxially grown YBau302 films have been irradiated with 173 MeVl29 Xe ions. A nonlinear decrease of the critical superconducting transition temperature T, and an exponential increase of the resistivity p is observed. "he c-axis parameter is extended to about 12w with increasing Xe fluence and the twin boundaries disappear. The 1-2-3 phase is amorphized along the paths of the Xe ions within an area of 40 A in diameter. A defect-induced enhancement of the critical current density j, in magnetic fields B is observed after low fluencies only if the flux lines are aligned parallel to the amorphized ion traces.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 669-674 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Europhysics Letters |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 1 1990 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Physics and Astronomy