High-field superconductivity in alloyed MgB 2 thin films

  • V. Braccini
  • , A. Gurevich
  • , J. E. Giencke
  • , M. C. Jewell
  • , C. B. Eom
  • , D. C. Larbalestier
  • , A. Pogrebnyakov
  • , Y. Cui
  • , B. T. Liu
  • , Y. F. Hu
  • , J. M. Redwing
  • , Qi Li
  • , X. X. Xi
  • , R. K. Singh
  • , R. Gandikota
  • , J. Kim
  • , B. Wilkens
  • , N. Newman
  • , J. Rowell
  • , B. Moeckly
  • V. Ferrando, C. Tarantini, D. Marré, M. Putti, C. Ferdeghini, R. Vaglio, E. Haanappel

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Abstract

We investigated the effect of alloying on the upper critical field H c2 for 12 MgB 2 films, in which disorder was introduced by growth, carbon doping or He-ion irradiation, finding a significant H c2 enhancement in C-alloyed films, and an anomalous upward curvature of H c2(T). Record high values of H c2 (4.2) ≈ 35 T and H c2 (4.2) ≈ 51 T were observed perpendicular and parallel to the ab plane, respectively. The temperature dependence of H c2(T) is described well by a theory of dirty two-gap superconductivity. Extrapolation of the experimental data to T=0 suggests that H c2 (O) may approach the paramagnetic limit of ∼70 T.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number012504
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume71
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2005

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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