Detection of surface (∼1 &mgr;m) impurity phases in highTcsuperconductors
作者:
D. W. Cooke,
M. S. Jahan,
J. L. Smith,
M. A. Maez,
W. L. Hults,
I. D. Raistrick,
D. E. Peterson,
J. A. O’Rourke,
S. A. Richardson,
J. D. Doss,
E. R. Gray,
B. Rusnak,
G. P. Lawrence,
C. Fortgang,
期刊:
Applied Physics Letters
(AIP Available online 1989)
卷期:
Volume 54,
issue 10
页码: 960-962
ISSN:0003-6951
年代: 1989
DOI:10.1063/1.101419
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
We show that thermally stimulated luminescence is an important method for detecting insulating impurity phases that commonly occur in highTcsuperconductors. The technique is sensitive to impurity phases at <1% level with a probe depth of ∼ 1 &mgr;m, which is the region of interest for many superconductor applications. Samples of Y2O3, Y2BaCuO5, YBa2Cu3O6.2, BaCO3, Ba3CuO4, BaCuO2, and YBa2Cu3Ox(x≊7) were investigated. All but the high quality sintered pellets of YBa2Cu3Oxexhibited relatively intense luminescence. The absence of luminescence, and thus of insulating phases, is correlated with low values of rf surface resistance.
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