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Enhanced superconducting properties of Eu₂O₃-doped MgB₂

Ojha, N. ; Malik, Vivek Kumar ; Bernhard, Christian ; Varma, G.D.

In: Physica C: Superconductivity, 2009, vol. 469, no. 14, p. 846-851

Bulk polycrystalline samples of Eu₂O₃-doped MgB₂ have been synthesized by a standard solid state reaction route and their structural and superconducting properties have been investigated. As a function of Eu₂O₃ content we have found a significant increase in the critical current density (Jc) and the irreversibility field (Hirr) in the magnetic field...

Université de Fribourg

X-ray study of structural domains in the near-surface region of SrTiO₃ substrates with Y0.6Pr0.4Ba₂Cu₃O₇/La2/3Ca1/3MnO₃ superlattices grown on top

Hoppler, Justin ; Stahn, J. ; Bouyanfif, Houssny ; Malik, Vivek Kumar ; Patterson, B. D. ; Willmott, P. R. ; Cristiani, G. ; Habermeier, H.-U. ; Bernhard, Christian

In: Physical Review B, 2008, vol. 78, no. 13, p. 134111

We investigated with synchrotron x-ray diffraction and reflectometry the formation of structural domains in the near-surface region of single crystalline SrTiO₃ (001) substrates with Y0.6Pr0.4Ba₂Cu₃O₇/La2/3Ca1/3MnO₃ superlattices grown on top. We find that the antiferrodistortive cubic to tetragonal transition, which occurs at...