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Harmonic Generation in the Alternating Magnetic Response of High-Temperature Superconductors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

A. Shaulov ,
R. Bhargava  and
D. Dorman
A. Shaulov
Affiliation:
Philips Laboratories, North American Philips Corporation, Briarcliff-Manor, NY 10510
R. Bhargava
Affiliation:
Philips Laboratories, North American Philips Corporation, Briarcliff-Manor, NY 10510
D. Dorman
Affiliation:
Philips Laboratories, North American Philips Corporation, Briarcliff-Manor, NY 10510
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Abstract

We report a novel ac technique for characterizing the magnetic behavior of high-temperature superconductors. This technique is based on monitoring the spectrum of the magnetic response of these materials to small sinusoidal fields. A nonlinear magnetic behavior is indicated by the appearance of harmonic components in the spectrum. Measurements of these harmonics as a function of bias field, temperature and frequency provide valuable information about the processes of flux penetration, flux pinning and motion in these materials.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 169: Symposium M – High Temperature Superconductors: Fundamental Properties and Novel Materials Processing , 1989 , 943
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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