Abstract
We report on magnetization measurements in laser ablated YBa2Cu3O7-δ films with thickness 800 - 3000 Å. The persistent current density j and the magnetic relaxation rate decrease with increase of the thickness. At certain conditions this leads to a crossing of the relaxation curves measured in films of different thickness. These results are explained considering surface effects which cause a non-homogeneous distribution of j along the film thickness.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2215-2216 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications |
Volume | 282 |
Issue number | PART 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 1997 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Acknowledgments: We are grateful to E. Sonin and V. Vinokur for useful discussions. This work was partially supported by The Israeli Science Foundations and the Heinrich Hertz Minerva Center for high - temperature superconductivity. Y. Y. acknowledges support from USA-Israel Binational Science Foundation. R. P. acknowledges support from the Clore Foundations.