Point defect creation by low fluence swift heavy ion irradiation-induced low energy electrons in YBa2Cu3O7-y

Biswal, R. ; John, J. ; Behera, D. ; Mallick, P. ; Kumar, Sandeep ; Kanjilal, D. ; Mohanty, T. ; Raychaudhuri, P. ; Mishra, N. C. (2008) Point defect creation by low fluence swift heavy ion irradiation-induced low energy electrons in YBa2Cu3O7-y Superconductor Science and Technology, 21 (8). Article ID 085016. ISSN 0953-2048

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Abstract

The effect of 200 MeV Ag ion irradiation on the superconducting and normal state properties of the high-Tc superconductor YBa2Cu3O7-y (YBCO) is studied by in situ temperature-dependent resistance measurements. We show that irradiating YBCO thin films (~150 nm) at low temperature result in a softly defected region of about 85 nm radius due to swift heavy ion-induced secondary electrons around the highly amorphized latent tracks of ~5 nm radius. This leads to a decrease of Tc at fluences three orders of magnitude less than the threshold fluence, where overlapping of tracks block the supercurrent path. Due to their low energy (4.1 keV for 200 MeV Ag ions), the secondary electrons can induce point defects by inelastic processes rather than by direct elastic collision.

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