{"title":"R-Al2O3基板上EuBa2Cu3O7-δ薄膜の超伝導特性及び結晶成長に対する厚膜CeO2バッファ層の表面性状の影響","authors":"靖之 太田, 純子 佐久間, 豊 木村, 修 道上","doi":"10.2221/JCSJ.41.193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2221/JCSJ.41.193","url":null,"abstract":"A buffer layer is indispensable for preventing chemical reactions between high-temperature superconducting thin films and R-Al2O3. CeO2 is a promising buffer layer. However, when a CeO2 buffer layer with a thickness of more than 50 nm is sputter-deposited onto a R-Al2O3 substrate, grains with facets grow and a high-quality EuBa2Cu3O7-δ (EBCO) thin film do not grow on the buffer layer. In order to fabricate a flat and facet-free CeO2 buffer layer and a high-quality EuBa2Cu3O7-δ (EBCO) thin film, we examined the effects of off-center distance (Doff) and substrate temperature (Ts) of the CeO2 buffer layer on the properties of CeO2 buffer layers and EBCO thin films. Doff was defined by the distance from the on-center position to the off-center position. The deposition rate (Rd) was controlled by Doff. A 300-nm-thick CeO2 buffer layer and a 150-nm-thick EBCO thin film were prepared by RF and DC magnetron sputtering, respectively. The surface morphology of CeO2 buffer layer was dependent on Ts and Doff. At Ts = 650°C and Doff = 30 mm, minute grains grew. When Doff was increased to 50 mm, grains with (111) facet planes grew. The surface roughness (Rz) of the CeO2 buffer layer rapidly increased as Doff was increased. The orientation of the EBCO thin film was dependent on the Doff of the buffer layer. At Doff = 0 ∼ 30 mm, only (00l) peaks of an EBCO thin film were observed in X-ray diffraction patterns. Typical rectangular grains were observed on the surface of the thin film. At Doff values over 40 mm, (110) or (103) peaks, in addition to (00l) peaks, were observed. At Doff = 30 mm, the EBCO thin film exhibited a critical temperature (Tce) of approximately 89 K and a critical current density (Jc) of approximately 3.6 MA/cm2.","PeriodicalId":285677,"journal":{"name":"Teion Kogaku (journal of The Cryogenic Society of Japan)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122300645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recent Status of Studies on the Neutron Irradiation Effect Focusing on Nb3Sn and Nb3Al Strands","authors":"A. Nishimura","doi":"10.2221/JCSJ.46.176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2221/JCSJ.46.176","url":null,"abstract":"A fusion reactor generates a lot of 14 MeV neutrons, some of which penetrate shielding blankets, stream out of ports and reach superconducting magnets. Some important studies were performed in the 1970s and a basic understanding of the mechanisms of neutron irradiation effect was established. Advances in the design concept of nuclear fusion reactors led to the need for consistent studies on the neutron irradiation effect of A-15 strands such as Nb3Sn and Nb3Al, which are strong candidates for fusion reactors. In the early 2000s, a progressive attempt to organize the collaborative research of universities and national institutes was started using a 14 MeV neutron source at Japan Atomic Energy Agency. This paper outlines the neutron irradiation issues related to superconducting magnets for fusion, and a brief history of research on the neutron irradiation effect is provided. In addition, experimental results regarding changes in the superconducting properties of Nb3Sn and Nb3Al strands by neutron irradiation obtained in the newly established collaborative framework are presented, and general mechanisms for the property changes are introduced.","PeriodicalId":285677,"journal":{"name":"Teion Kogaku (journal of The Cryogenic Society of Japan)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122946653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Photomixing Optical-Microwave Transformer Coupled with High-TC Josephson Junctions.","authors":"T. Kiwa, M. Tonouchi","doi":"10.2221/JCSJ.38.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2221/JCSJ.38.9","url":null,"abstract":"A new type of optical-microwave conversion system has been developed as an interface between optical systems and high-speed electric circuits. The microwave was generated by mixing two optical beams in a photodiode and radiated from a rod antenna, which was placed beside a high-Tc grain boundary Josephson junction detector. Since frequencies of radiated microwaves correspond to the frequency differences between the two optical beams, the wavelength information of the beams is reflected in the current-voltage and differential resistance-voltage properties of the Josephson junction. System operation up to 20 GHz was demonstrated by changing the wavelength of the two beams and the temperature of the Josephson junction. The relation between the frequency differences and measured Shapiro step intervals suggests that the system can be utilized for a highly sensitive optical-microwave conversion.","PeriodicalId":285677,"journal":{"name":"Teion Kogaku (journal of The Cryogenic Society of Japan)","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129584147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Yanagi, T. Mito, J. Morikawa, Y. Ogawa, S. Hamaguchi, Y. Hishinuma, K. Ohkuni, D. Hori, M. Iwakuma, T. Uede
{"title":"Engineering Development of an HTS Floating Coil for the Mini-RT Project","authors":"N. Yanagi, T. Mito, J. Morikawa, Y. Ogawa, S. Hamaguchi, Y. Hishinuma, K. Ohkuni, D. Hori, M. Iwakuma, T. Uede","doi":"10.2221/JCSJ.39.193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2221/JCSJ.39.193","url":null,"abstract":"A magnetically-levitated superconducting coil device, Mini-RT, has been constructed using a high temperature superconductor (HTS) for the purpose of examining a new magnetic confinement scheme of high-beta non-neutral plasmas. The floating coil is wound with silver-sheathed Bi-2223 tapes, and it is operated in the temperature range of 20-40 K. A number of studies and experiments were carried out in order to realize the necessary system. One of them was to demonstrate magnetic levitation using a miniature HTS floating coil having a diameter of 80 mm. The coil was fabricated using Bi-2223/Ag tapes of 12 m and excited by field cooling with liquid nitrogen. The magnetic levitation was examined using a real-time feedback control system with laser displacement gauges. Additionally, a persistent current switch (PCS) has been developed using Bi-2223/Ag tapes of 21 m, and a prototype HTS-PCS was tested in a cryostat. After construction of the floating coil and HTS-PCS for the Mini-RT device was completed, excitation tests were carried out in the cryostat and the basic properties up to the nominal operation condition were examined.","PeriodicalId":285677,"journal":{"name":"Teion Kogaku (journal of The Cryogenic Society of Japan)","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129659029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cryocooler (4)-Fundamental Review of Cryogenic Refrigerators-","authors":"Y. Matsubara","doi":"10.2221/JCSJ.42.74","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2221/JCSJ.42.74","url":null,"abstract":"Part IV of this study covers the additional explanations of Stirling coolers following the part III of the series. In the first section, the method for evaluating characteristics in the case of non-isothermal model is examined. The effect of imperfect heat transfer at the cylinder wall is discussed using an example calculation. In the second section, a linear driving method for the compressor piston and an expander piston are introduced. The concept of a gas spring constant is introduced. In the case of the mechanical spring supported displacer, the operating mode of the Stirling cooler and Stirling engine is discussed from the view point of the resonant frequency of the displacer.","PeriodicalId":285677,"journal":{"name":"Teion Kogaku (journal of The Cryogenic Society of Japan)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130488210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In-situ 法MgB2バルクの粒径支配因子と粒界ピンニング","authors":"桂 ゆかり, 明保 山本, 功 岩山, 滋 堀井, 淳一 下山, 光二 岸尾","doi":"10.2221/JCSJ.41.497","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2221/JCSJ.41.497","url":null,"abstract":"We attempted to identify the predominant flux pinning center in in-situ-prepared polycrystalline MgB2 bulk superconductors. From microstructural observations, we succeeded in fabricating MgB2 bulks with systematically controlled grain sizes. It was found that grain size of the starting boron powder, nominal composition of Mg against B, heating temperature and holding time are the four grain-size determinants of MgB2 bulks. The grain size of B powder was found to determine the initial size of the MgB2 grains, while the heating temperature and nominal composition of Mg against B were found to determine the grain growth rate. In all series of samples, MgB2 bulks with smaller grain sizes exhibited higher irreversibility fields and higher pinning forces. We observed a strong relationship between the inverse of mean grain sizes and maximum pinning forces, indicating that grain boundary is the predominant pinning center in undoped MgB2 bulks. Moreover, carbon doping was found to increase the elementary pinning force at the grain boundary. This suggests that it is essential to develop a method to dope carbon into MgB2, without decreasing the density of the grain boundaries.","PeriodicalId":285677,"journal":{"name":"Teion Kogaku (journal of The Cryogenic Society of Japan)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129093122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of Bi-2223 Wires with a Carbonate Barrier for AC Use-Reduced AC Losses in Parallel Transverse AC Magnetic Fields-","authors":"N. Ayai, K. Hayashi, N. Amemiya, K. Yasuda","doi":"10.2221/JCSJ.41.36","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2221/JCSJ.41.36","url":null,"abstract":"Advanced silver sheathed Bi-2223 superconducting tapes have been developed for AC applications such as electric power cables and transformers, which require minimum AC loss. Twist and inter-filament resistive barriers were applied to eliminate the electromagnetic inter-filament coupling, which is the primary mechanism that influences the AC loss of the multi-filamentary superconducting wire. A multi-filamentary wire with a honeycomb-type thin ceramic barrier was designed and manufactured in an attempt to realize low AC loss without degrading the transport properties of the conductor. The AC loss of the manufactured wire was reduced drastically when compared to that of conventional wires without barriers. Using the measured properties of the manufactured wire as a basis, a design study along with projected AC loss for a superconducting power cable is presented.","PeriodicalId":285677,"journal":{"name":"Teion Kogaku (journal of The Cryogenic Society of Japan)","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123377334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Simple Heat-conduction and Thermoacoustic Self-sustained Oscillation Branches","authors":"A. Tominaga","doi":"10.2221/JCSJ.40.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2221/JCSJ.40.13","url":null,"abstract":"Simple heat-conduction and thermoacoustic self-sustained oscillation branches are discussed employing current thermodynamics and thermoacoustic theory. Supposing a short regenerator where the local entropy production rate is homogeneous, thermodynamic stability is discussed analytically. Minimizing the entropy production rate of the short regenerator gives both simple heat conduction and the thermoacoustic self-sustained branches for a given oscillation mode. Necessary conditions for maintaining the thermoacoustic self-sustained branch restrict the oscillation mode. The conditions required for attaining stable oscillation in the short regenerator are also discussed.","PeriodicalId":285677,"journal":{"name":"Teion Kogaku (journal of The Cryogenic Society of Japan)","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123526018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recent Progress in the Development of YBCO HTS Power Cables","authors":"T. Ohkuma","doi":"10.2221/JCSJ.46.335","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2221/JCSJ.46.335","url":null,"abstract":"There are expectations for high-temperature superconducting (HTS) power cables as a compact cable with large capacity and low-loss power transmission. Recently, the stable manufacture of many long REBCO (RE = rare-earth element) tapes has been achieved. REBCO tapes have a high critical-current density, and the AC loss resulting from the parallel magnetic field is extremely small because of the thin-film structure of the superconducting layer. The basis of the M-PACC (Materials & Power Applications of Coated Conductors) project is to develop a process technology for fabricating REBCO tapes and promote development aiming toward the commercialization of superconducting cables using REBCO tapes. Two types of HTS cables are being developing as part of this project. These cables have superior transmission efficiency, lower loss and larger capacity than existing power cables. One is a 66 kV/5 kA three-core large-current cable and the other is a 275 kV/3 kA single-core high-voltage cable. There are several development targets. We examined factors such as AC loss, thermal characteristics of the cables under over-current and the optimum cable design. This paper provides an overview of the project and describes its progress.","PeriodicalId":285677,"journal":{"name":"Teion Kogaku (journal of The Cryogenic Society of Japan)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114117168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Visualization Techniques for Thermo-fluid Phenomena in Cryogenic Fluids","authors":"T. Iida, M. Murakami, A. Nakano","doi":"10.2221/JCSJ.43.67","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2221/JCSJ.43.67","url":null,"abstract":"A variety of visualization techniques such as shadowgraph, Shlieren and holographic interferometry, are applied to visualize thermo-fluid phenomena in cryogenic fluids, superfluid helium (HeII) and supercritical nitrogen. This paper describes the phenomena revealed and images visualized in cryogenic fluids using those visualization techniques.","PeriodicalId":285677,"journal":{"name":"Teion Kogaku (journal of The Cryogenic Society of Japan)","volume":"121 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116212860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}