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Fish-Tail Effect and Irreversibility Field of (Cu, C)Ba2Ca3Cu4O x -(LiF) y Superconductor

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Addition of (LiF) y ≤0.15, and of proper amount of (AgO) z =0.45–0.8 as oxidizing agent, to (Cu, C)Ba2Ca3Cu4O10+δ superconductor is useful to control and to shift the doping characteristics (hole density and distribution, and level of disorder) into the region where the irreversible properties, i.e. fish-tail effect (FTE) and irreversibility field H irr are improved. Among notable effects are the development of the second magnetization peak with a higher amplitude J c,max and the enhancement of H irr at high temperatures, above a certain value T * which depends on both y LiF and z AgO. The best results are obtained for the sample with y LiF = 0.1 and z AgO = 0.73. This sample preserves its single phase Cu, C-1234 composition. The influence on the FTE and H irr of the interplay between doping characteristics, controlled by LiF and AgO content, is discussed.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Authors would like to thank Prof K. Togano (IMR, Tohoku University, Japan) for reading the manuscript and for allowing the use of a SQUID magnetometer and to Dr A. Crisan for continuous support of this work (NIMP, Romania). P.B. gratefully acknowledges STA/JSPS fellowship. This work was partially supported by Ministry of Education, Research and Youth, Romania under CERES program.

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  1. Nanoelectronics Research Institute of National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568, Japan

    P. Badica, A. Iyo, H. Kito, M. Hirai & Y. Tanaka

  2. National Institute for Materials Physics, P.O. Box MG-7, Bucharest-Magurele, RO-76900, Romania

    P. Badica, V. Sandu & G. Aldica

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    A. Iyo, H. Kito & Y. Tanaka

  4. Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan

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Badica, P., Sandu, V., Aldica, G. et al. Fish-Tail Effect and Irreversibility Field of (Cu, C)Ba2Ca3Cu4O x -(LiF) y Superconductor. J Supercond 18, 489–497 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-005-0023-0

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