Enhancement of Flux Pinning in Neutron Irradiated MgB2 Superconductor
Abstract
m-H loops for virgin and neutron irradiated bulk and powder samples of MgB2 were measured in the temperature range 5-30 K in magnetic field B<= 1 T. The irradiation at thermal neutron fluences 9*1013 and 4.5*1014 cm-2 caused very small enhancement of m-H loops at lower temperatures (T<20 K), whereas the effect at high temperatures was unclear due to difficulty in achieving exactly the same measurement temperature prior and after irradiation. However, the irradiation at 4.5*1015 cm-2 produced clear enhancement of m-H loops (hence Jc) at all investigated temperatures, which provides the evidence for the enhancement of flux pinning in MgB2 due to ion tracks resulting from n+10B reaction. The potential of this technique for the enhancement of flux pinning in high temperature superconductors is briefly discussed.
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