Applied superconductivity : handbook on devices and applications /
This wide-ranging presentation of applied superconductivity, from fundamentals and materials right up to the details of many applications, is an essential reference for physicists and engineers in academic research as well as in industry. Readers looking for a comprehensive overview on basic effects...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany :
Wiley-VCH,
2015.
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Colección: | Encyclopedia of Applied Physics.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Applied Superconductivity; Contents; Conductorart by Claus Grupen (drawing); SQUIDart by Claus Grupen (drawing); Preface; List of Contributors; Volume 1; Chapter 1 Fundamentals; 1.1 Superconductivity; 1.1.1 Basic Properties and Parameters of Superconductors; 1.1.1.1 Superconducting Transition and Loss of DC Resistance; 1.1.1.2 Ideal Diamagnetism, Flux Quantization, and Critical Fields; 1.1.1.3 The Origin of Flux Quantization, London Penetration Depth and Ginzburg-Landau Coherence Length; 1.1.1.4 Critical Currents; References; 1.1.2 Review on Superconducting Materials; 1.1.2.1 Introduction.
- 1.1.2.2 Cuprate High-Temperature Superconductors1.1.2.3 Other Oxide Superconductors; 1.1.2.4 Iron-Based Superconductors; 1.1.2.5 Heavy Fermion Superconductors; 1.1.2.6 Organic and Other Carbon-Based Superconductors; 1.1.2.7 Borides and Borocarbides; References; 1.2 Main Related Effects; 1.2.1 Proximity Effect; 1.2.1.1 Introduction; 1.2.1.2 Metal-Insulator Contact; 1.2.1.3 Normal Metal-Superconductor Contact; 1.2.1.4 Ferromagnetic Metal-Superconductor Contact; 1.2.1.5 New Perspectives and New Challenges; 1.2.1.6 Summary; References; 1.2.2 Tunneling and Superconductivity; 1.2.2.1 Introduction.
- 1.2.2.2 Normal/Insulator/Normal Tunnel Junctions1.2.2.3 Normal/Insulator/Superconducting Tunnel Junctions; 1.2.2.4 Superconductor/Insulator/Superconducting Tunnel Junctions; 1.2.2.5 Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs); 1.2.2.6 Phonon Structure; 1.2.2.7 Geometrical Resonances; 1.2.2.8 Scanning Tunneling Microscopy; 1.2.2.9 Charging Effects; References; 1.2.3 Flux Pinning; 1.2.3.1 Introduction; 1.2.3.2 Flux Lines, Flux Motion, and Dissipation; 1.2.3.3 Sources of Flux Pinning; 1.2.3.4 Flux Pinning in Technological Superconductors.
- 1.2.3.5 Experimental Determination of Pinning Forces1.2.3.6 Regimes of Flux Motion; 1.2.3.7 Limitations on Core Pinning Efficacy; 1.2.3.8 Magnetic Pinning of Flux Lines; 1.2.3.9 Flux Pinning Anisotropy; 1.2.3.10 Maximum Entropy Treatment of Flux Pinning; References; 1.2.4 AC Losses and Numerical Modeling of Superconductors; 1.2.4.1 Introduction; 1.2.4.2 General Features of AC Loss Characteristics; 1.2.4.3 Measuring AC Losses; 1.2.4.3.1 Transport Losses; 1.2.4.3.2 Magnetization Losses; 1.2.4.3.3 Combination of Transport and Magnetization AC Losses; 1.2.4.4 Computing AC Losses.
- 1.2.4.4.1 Analytical Computation1.2.4.4.2 Numerical Computation; References; Chapter 2 Superconducting Materials; 2.1 Low-Temperature Superconductors; 2.1.1 Metals, Alloys, and Intermetallic Compounds; 2.1.1.1 Introduction; 2.1.1.2 Type I and Type II Superconductor Elements and High-Field Alloys; 2.1.1.2.1 Fundamental Superconductor Properties; 2.1.1.2.2 Elemental Superconductors and Their Applications; 2.1.1.2.3 The Effect of Alloying; 2.1.1.3 Superconducting Intermetallic Compounds; 2.1.1.4 Pinning in Hard Type II Superconductors; 2.1.1.5 Design Principles of Technical Conductors.