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Epitaxial YBa2Cu4O7-thin films with thec-axis oriented perpendicular to the film plane were prepared bydc-sputtering from a single stoichiometric target on (100) SrTiO3-substrates. Typical values of the inductively measured superconducting transitions were about 90 K with a width less than 0.5 K. Critical current densities were measured on 5 to 10 μm wide strips as function of magnetic field and temperature. The temperature dependences ofj c follow a universal functionj c(B,T)=j *c (T=0,B)·(1−T/T c (B))α with α=1.5±0.1. ForB=0 andT=77 K we obtainedj c =4·106 A/cm2. The field dependence of the resistive transitions was measured with the magnetic field parallel to thec-axis. The slope of the upper critical fieldB c2 (T) was determined for different criteria. The carrier concentration evaluated from Hall-effect measurements was found to decrease linearly from one per unit cell at 240 K with decreasing temperature extrapolating nearly through zero forT=0. Highly resolved angular dependent measurements of the critical current density withB perpendicular to the current but tilted from thec-axis show a very strong and sharp enhancement ofj c for the magnetic field parallel to the (CuO2)-layers (B⊥c). Additionally to this phenomenon, which is caused by an intrinsic pinning mechanism due to the layered structure of high-T c -superconductors the influence of the anisotropy of the upper critical field onj c (B, T, φ) is evident nearT c .
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Tomé-Rosa, C., Jakob, G., Walkenhorst, A. et al. Critical current density and upper critical field of YBa2Cu3O7 thin films. Z. Physik B - Condensed Matter 83, 221–226 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01309422
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