AC magnetization losses in striated YBCO-123/Hastelloy coated conductors

Abstract

In this work we present experimental results of reductions in AC magnetization losses due to a striation process in YBCO-123/Hastelloy coated conductors. The measurements were carried out in a sinusoidally varying external magnetic field, with amplitudes up to 100 mT, in a frequency range of 8.5–85.4 Hz, and at a temperature of 77 K. The field was oriented perpendicularly to the face of the tapes. Sample tapes were successively patterned into the form of narrow parallel strips, by means of a photoresist lithography and chemical wet etching technique. Experimental results are discussed in the framework of existing theoretical models for energy dissipation in thin films in perpendicular AC magnetic fields.