Origin of high critical currents in YBa2Cu3O7−δ superconducting thin films

Nature - Tập 399 Số 6735 - Trang 439-442 - 1999
B. Dam1, J.M. Huijbregtse1, F.M. Klaassen1, R. C. F. van der Geest1, G. Doornbos1, J.H. Rector1, A. M. Testa2, S. Freisem3, J. C. Martínez4, B. Stäuble-Pümpin5, R. Griessen1
1Division of Physics and Astronomy, Institute COMPAS and Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands
2ICMAT, CNR, Area della Ricerca di Montelibretti, Italy
3Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden University, The Netherlands
4Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Germany
5Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia

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