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Journal of Physics: Conference Series Vol. 43

September 11-15, 2005 Vienna, Austria

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOLUME 1

Curling Effect in Superconducting Wire........................................................................................... 1G L Dorofeev, V M Drobin, Yu D Kuroedov, N M Vladimirova, V S Vyatkin

Design, Test of a Thermal Triggered Persistent Current System Using High Temperature Superconducting Tapes .............................................................................................. 5

Dong Keun Park, Hyoungku Kang, Min Cheol Ahn, Seong Eun Yang, Yong Soo Yoon, Sang Jin Lee, Tae Kuk Ko

Modelling of the Flux Penetration Into a Superconducting Strip with Magnetic Sheath .................................................................................................................................................. 9

E Seiler, F Gömöry

Influence of Small Additives of Si, Sc, Cu on Properties of Nb-48.5 Wt.% Ti Superconductor ................................................................................................................................ 14

O V Chernyi, V M Azhazha, G E Storozhilov, T Yu Rudycheva, P N Vyugov

Influence of Ta and Ti Doping on the High Field Performance of (Nb, Ta, Ti)3Sn Multifilamentary Wires Based on Osprey Bronze with High Tin Content ................................... 18

V Abächerli, D Uglietti, P Lezza, B Seeber, R Flükiger, M Cantoni, P-A Buffat

Nb3Sn Single Crystals, Polycrystals, Multifilamentary Wires: Common and Different Features in the Magnetic Response................................................................................ 22

M G Adesso, D Uglietti, R Flükiger, M Polichetti, S Pace

Influence of Two-Step Heat Treatments on Bronze-Route (NbX)3Sn Conductors ..................... 26Hans Müller, Theo Schneider

Nb3Sn Multifilamentary Superconductors Fabricated Through a Diffusion Reaction Between Nb and Ag-Sn Alloys ........................................................................................ 31

G Matsumoto, K Inoue, A Kikuchi, T Takeuchi, T Kiyoshi

Computerised Optimisation of Bronze Route Nb3Sn Conductors............................................... 35S C Hopkins, K S Tan, B A Glowacki, A Szulczyk, H Krauth

In-situ Neutron Diffraction Study of a Heating Treatment for Nb3Sn ITER Superconducting Wires.................................................................................................................... 39

Jean-Louis Soubeyroux, André Sulpice, Chaowu Zhang, Lian Zhou

Development, Characterization of Nb3Sn Superconductor Wire with Nanometric-Scale Pinning Centers ...................................................................................................................... 43

C A Rodrigues, D Rodrigues Jr

DI-BSCCO Wires by Controlled Over Pressure Sintering............................................................. 47N Ayai, T Kato, J Fujikami, K Fujino, S Kobayashi, E Ueno, K Yamazaki, M Kikuchi, K Ohkura, K Hayashi, K Sato, R Hata

Effect of Composition on the Melting Behaviour of Bi2212-Ag Conductors .............................. 51M O Rikel, S Arsac, E Soileux, J Ehrenberg, J Bock, K Marken, H Miao, C-E Bruzek, S Pavard, A Matsumoto, E E Hellstrom, L Motowidlo

The Change in Tape Current Distribution During Gradual Current Ramping Up Over Ic and Down to Zero ................................................................................................................. 55

P Usak

Reformation of (Bi, Pb)-2223 Superconducting Phase After Complete Peritectic Melting................................................................................................................................................ 59

B A Marinkovic, P M Jardim, D Medeiros, T Chehuan, A Polasek, F Rizzo

Losses in Bi-2223/Ag Tape at Simultaneous Action of AC Transport and AC Magnetic Field Shifted in Phase ...................................................................................................... 63

M Vojenciak, J Souc, J M Ceballos, B Klincok, F Gömöry, E Pardo, F Grilli

Influence of the Heat Treatment Profiles on the Development of Highly Textured Ag/Bi2212 Monofilamentary Tapes ................................................................................................. 67

A R Bigansolli, E Cursino, F A Santos, D Rodrigues Jr

Transport Critical Current Density of Ag-Sheathed Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Multifilament Superconductor Tapes with Magnetic Nanopowders γ-Fe2O3 ..................................................... 71

R Abd-Shukor, S Y Yahya, M H Jumali, I Hamadneh, S A Halim

Thermal Conductivity in a Sample Simulating the Winding Structure of Bi-2223/Ag Epoxy Impregnated Coils .................................................................................................. 75

P Mozola, P Usak, J Ryza, M Polak

Distribution of the Critical Current Density in a Mono-Core Bi-2223 Tape Prepared by the Over Pressure Processing ................................................................................................... 79

M Kiuchi, E S Otabe, T Matsushita, J Fujikami, K Hayashi, K Sato

The Current Distribution in Bi-2223/Ag HTS Conductors: Comparing Hall Probe and Magnetic Knife ........................................................................................................................... 83

E Demencik, M Dhalle, H H J ten Kate, M Polak

Current Capacity of Ag/Bi-2223 Wires for Rotating Electric Machinery...................................... 87Volker Hussennether, Martino Leghissa, Heinz-Werner Neumüller

Current–Voltage Characteristics and AC Transport Current Losses of Bi - 2223/Ag Tapes with Various Tape Width ........................................................................................ 91

L Jansak, M Polak, J Kvitkovic

Influence of the Iron Sheath on the Local Supercurrent Distribution in MgBB2 Wires ................ 95M Roussel, A V Pan, S Zhou, S X Dou

Effect of Nano-C Doping on the In-situ Processed MgB2 Tapes.................................................. 99Xianping Zhang, Yanwei Ma, Aixia Xu, Yulei Jiao, Ling Xiao, S Awaji, K Watanabe, Huan Yang, Haihu Wen

Critical Current and Cryogenic Stability Modelling of Filamentary MgB2 Conductors ...................................................................................................................................... 103

B A Glowacki, M Majoros, K Tanaka, H Kitaguchi, H Kumakura, M Okada, M Hirakawa, H Yamada, M H Hancock, N Bay

Combined X-ray and Electron Microscopy Study of MgB2 Powders, Wires and Tapes ................................................................................................................................................ 107

J C Grivel, O Eibl, B Birajdar, N H Andersen, A Abrahamsen, R Pinholt, G Grasso, W Hässler, M Herrmann, O Perner, C Rodig, W Pachla, P Ková, I Husek, P Mikheenko, S Abell, J Homeyer

Strong Relationship Between Irreversibility Field and Crystallinity Discovered in Undoped and Carbon Substituted MgBB2 Bulks............................................................................ 111

Akiyasu Yamamoto, Jun-ichi Shimoyama, Shinya Ueda, Isao Iwayama, Yukari Katsura, Shigeru Horii, Kohji Kishio

Influence of Disorder on the Superconducting Properties of Polycrystalline MgB2 ............... 115M Eisterer, C Eckhardt, M Zehetmayer, H W Weber, S I Schlachter, W Goldacker, V F Nesterenko, T Tajima

Improved Critical Current Properties of MgB2 Bulks by Controlling Microstructures ............................................................................................................................... 119

Yukari Katsura, Akiyasu Yamamoto, Shinya Ueda, Isao Iwayama, Shigeru Horii, Jun-ichi Shimoyama, Kohji Kishio

In-situ Studies of Fe2B Phase Formation in MgB2 Wires and Tapes by Means of High-Energy X-ray Diffraction........................................................................................................ 123

J C Grivel, N H Andersen, R Pinholt, P Ková, I Husek, W Hässler, M Herrmann, O Perner, C Rodig, J Homeyer

AC Loss of YBCO Coated Tape Prepared by Laser Ablation ..................................................... 127Ján Souc, Michal Vojenciak, Fedor Gömöry, Xavier Granados, Alexander Usoskin, Alexander Rutt

Multi-Chamber Deposition System for Continuous Production of YBCO Coated Conductors by Thermal Co-evaporation ...................................................................................... 130

M Bindi, M Canetti, F Gangini, A Gauzzi, L Gianni, E Gilioli, S Rampino, S Zannella

YBa2Cu3O7-δ Thick Films on Ag Prepared by the Electrophoretic Deposition Technique ........................................................................................................................................ 134

L Dusoulier, S Denis, J-F Fagnard, C Henrist, B Vanderheyden, Ph Vanderbemden, A Rulmont, M Dirickx, M Ausloos, R Cloots, B Vertruyen

Faceting of (001) CeO2 Films: The Road to High Quality TFA- YBa2Cu3O7 Multilayers ....................................................................................................................................... 138

M Coll, J Gázquez, F Sandiumenge, A Pomar, T Puig, X Obradors, J P Espinós, A R González-Elipe

New Gas Flow System for Long-Tape Reaction Tube of TFA-MOD Process ........................... 142S Nomoto, Y Aoki, R Teranishi, A Sato, H Fuji, T Izumi, Y Shiohara

New Mechanism for Fast Quench Propagation in Coated Conductors .................................... 146H Kinder, A Price, A Hiebl

Fast Calcination of Purified Trifluoroacetate Metal-Organic Precursors for High Critical Current YBa2Cu3O7 Thin Films ......................................................................................... 150

K Zalamova, N Roma, A Pomar, S Ricart, J Gázquez, T Puig, F Sandiumenge, X Obradors

AC Loss Properties of YBCO Superconducting Tapes Fabricated by IBAD-PLD Technique ........................................................................................................................................ 154

M Iwakuma, M Nigo, D Inoue, N Miyamoto, K Funaki, Y Iijima, T Saitoh, Y Yamada, T Izumi, Y Shiohara

YBCO Coated Conductors on Highly Textured Pd-buffered Ni-W Tape ................................... 158G Celentano, V Galluzzi, A Mancini, A Rufoloni, A Vannozzi, A Augieri, T Petrisor, L Ciontea, U Gambardella

Synthesis of Hg(Re)1223 Tapes by PIT Method Using NiO/Ni Sheath ...................................... 162Yuichi Miyahara, Jun-ichi Shimoyama, Shinya Ueda, Shigeru Horii, Kohji Kishio

Low Resistance Joint of the YBCO Coated Conductor .............................................................. 166J Kato-Yoshioka, N Sakai, S Tajima, S Miyata, T Watanabe, Y Yamada, N Chikumoto, K Nakao, T Izumi, Y Shiohara

Progress in R&D for YBCO Coated Conductors by TFA-MOD Processing .............................. 170R Teranishi, J Matsuda, K Nakaoka, H Fuji, Y Aoki, S Nomoto, Y Kitoh, K Suzuki, T Izumi, Y Shiohara, Y Yamada, A Yajima

Growth and Characterization of Sm-Ba-Cu-O Films and Other RE-Ba-Cu-O Films on PLD-CeO2/IBAD-GZO/metal Substrates................................................................................... 174

M Konishi, K Takahashi, A Ibi, T Muroga, S Miyata, T Watanabe, Y Yamada, Y Shiohara

Preparation of Anhydrous TFA Solution for Deposition of YBa2Cu3O7-x Thin Films ............... 178N Romà, S Ricart, J M Moretó, S Morlens, O Castaño, A Pomar, T Puig, X Obradors

Use of Polymeric Compounds to Produce Thick YBCO Films by TFA-MOD Process ............................................................................................................................................ 182

S Morlens, N Roma, S Ricart, J M Moreto, T Puig, A Pomar, X Obradors

Synthesis of Highly Textured Superconducting NdBa2Cu3O7-y Thin Films Using an Aqueous Inorganic Sol-Gel Dip Coating Technique ................................................................... 187

B Schoofs, T Mouganie, B A Glowacki, V Cloet, S Hoste, I Van Driessche

Influence of Precursor Composition on the Microstructure and Superconducting Properties of Dy-Ba-Cu-O Filaments............................................................................................. 191

Y Ikebe, E Ban, Y Matsuoka, G Nishijima, K Watanabe

Coated Conductors Under Tensile Stress.................................................................................... 195Anca Antonevici, Alain Villaume, Catherine Villard, André Sulpice, Pierre Brosse Maron, Daniel Bourgault, Laureline Porcar

YBa2Cu3O7-x Films Prepared by TFA-MOD Method for Coated Conductor Application....................................................................................................................................... 199

A Rufoloni, A Augieri, G Celentano, V Galluzzi, A Mancini, A Vannozzi, T Petrisor, L Ciontea, V Boffa, U Gambardella

Electrically Conducting Oxide Buffer Layers on Biaxially Textured Nickel Alloy Tapes by Reel-to-Reel MOCVD Process ....................................................................................... 203

O Stadel, S V Samoilenkov, R Yu Muydinov, J Schmidt, H Keune, G Wahl, O Yu Gorbenko, I E Korsakov, O V Melnikov, A R Kaul

MOCVD of Coated Conductors with Electrically Conductive Buffer Layers and their Electrical Field ........................................................................................................................ 207

O Stadel, S V Samoilenkov, R Muydinov, J Schmidt, H Keune, G Wahl, A Henning, M Kurrat, O Yu Gorbenko, I E Korsakov, O V Melnikov, A R Kaul

Chemical Modification of Precursor Solution for Long Length YBCO Coated Conductor Fabrication.................................................................................................................... 211

Jaimoo Yoo, Young-Kuk Kim, Kookchae Chung, Jaewoong Ko, Gye-Won Hong, Hee-Gyoun Lee, Jin-Heung Kim, Hyungsik Chung, X L Wang, S X Dou

Long Length Coated Conductor Fabrication by Inclined Substrate Deposition, Evaporation ..................................................................................................................................... 215

W Prusseit, C Hoffmann, R Nemetschek, G Sigl, J Handke, A Lümkemann, H Kinder

Current-Voltage Behaviour and Surface Overheating of HTS Tapes Over Ic............................ 219S Ginocchio, M Bocchi, F Fontana, E Perini, L Martini, S Zannella

Standardization of Critical Temperature Measurement by Magnetic Method .......................... 223K W Lee, M S Kim, D H Kim, S G Lee

Experimental Contradiction of the Conventional Wisdom That Continuous Columnar Pinning Centers Result in Maximum Jc ...................................................................... 227

Roy Weinstein, Alberto Gandini, Bill Mayes, Ravi Sawh, Drew Parks

Dramatically Enhanced Flux Pinning Properties of Cation Composition Controlled Bi(Pb)2212 Single Crystals ............................................................................................................ 231

Satoshi Uchida, Jun-ichi Shimoyama, Takanori Makise, Shigeru Horii, Kohji Kishio

Improvement of Flux Pinning Properties of RE123 Materials by Chemical Doping ................ 235Jun-ichi Shimoyama, Yoshiaki Tazaki, Yui Ishii, Takayoshi Nakashima, Shigeru Horii, Kohji Kishio

Self-assembling Nano-diameter Needlelike Pinning Centers in YBCO and Utilizing a Foreign Element Dopant ............................................................................................................. 239

Ravi-Persad Sawh, Roy Weinstein, Victor Obot, Drew Parks, Alberto Gandini, Harley Skorpenske

On the Microwave Response of Thin Superconducting Films with Trapped Magnetic Flux .................................................................................................................................. 243

D A Luzhbin

Pulsed Laser Deposition Synthesis and Photoemission Study of Superconducting Ba-Cu-O Thin Films.......................................................................................... 247

K Kikunaga, T Yamamoto, K Takeshita, K Oki, T Okuda, K Obara, K Tokiwa, H Wakamatsu, T Watanabe, N Kikuchi, Y Tanaka, N Terada

Structure, Pinning and Supercurrent in YBa2Cu3O7 Films and ReBa2Cu3O7 Multilayers ....................................................................................................................................... 251

A V Pan, S Pysarenko, M Roussel, G Alvarez, S X Dou

Improvement of Surface Morphology of Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox Thin Films by Using Nano-Structured SrTiO3 Thin Films......................................................................................................... 255

Takayuki Ishibashi, Tetsuya Kawata, Shuta Yufune, Katsuaki Sato

Mixed-State Hall Angle and Hall Conductivity in Hg, Re- Containing HTSC Thin Films ................................................................................................................................................. 259

A Salem, G Jakob, H Adrian

Kinetics Characterization of YBCO Thin Films Growth on LAO (100) Single Crystals by the TFA-MOD Reaction .............................................................................................. 263

S Piñol, O Castaño

HTS Thin Films: a Convenient Method for Removal of Precipitates-Segregates..................... 267K Endo, P Badica, H Sato, H Akoh

NanoSIMS Analysis of Ca Doping at a Grain Boundary in a Superconducting YBCO Ca-123/123 Bicrystal............................................................................................................ 272

C Dark, M R Kilburn, G Hammerl, C Schneider, J Mannhart, C R M Grovenor

Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Superconducting Thin Films: Theory and Experiment ..................................... 277M Yavuz, M S Boybay, C Elbuken, M J Andrews, C R Hu, J H Ross

Tl-based Superconducting Films by Spray Pyrolysis and MOCVD........................................... 281H Nguyen Xuan, S Beauquis, Ph Galez, P Chadouet, C Jimenez, F Weiss, M Decroux, M Therasse, V Strbík, M Polák, S Chromik

Improvement of Corrosion Resistance of High Temperature Superconducting Y-Ba-Cu-O Films ................................................................................................................................. 285

I von Lampe, F Zygalsky, H Nagibzadeh, G Hinrichsen

Fabrication of (Cu, C)Ba2CuOy Superconducting Thin Film by RF Magnetron Sputtering ........................................................................................................................................ 289

Hiroki Wakamatsu, Takafumi Ogata, Naohiro Yamaguchi, Satoshi Mikusu, Kazuyasu Tokiwa, Tsuneo Watanabe, Kotaro Ohki, Kazuya Kikunaga, Norio Terada, Naoto Kikuchi, Yasumoto Tanaka, Akira Iyo

Investigation of Critical Behaviour of MgB2 Thin Films on SiC/Si Substrate ........................... 293A Nishida, C Taka, S Chromik, R Durny

Spin Injection Into MgB2 ................................................................................................................. 297P Mikheenko, J S Abell

Electronic Structure of Superconducting MgB2 Film .................................................................. 301U Besi Vetrella, G Celentano, U Gambardella, A Mancini, A Santoni

High-quality Superconducting MgBB2 Thin Film Preparation on Plastic Substrates ................ 305T Kato, S Yata, Y Adachi, Ya Yamada, S Kubo, Y Yamada, A Matsushita

Microwave Properties of MgB2 Thin Films Prepared in Situ by Thermal Evaporation Combined with Sputtering ....................................................................................... 309

A G Zaitsev, R Schneider, R Hott, F Ratzel, G Linker, J Geerk

Investigation of the Resistive Transition of MgB2 Thin Film Through Current Noise................................................................................................................................................. 313

C Gandini, M Rajteri, C Portesi, E Monticone, A Masoero, P Mazzetti

Current Redistribution Effects on Superconducting D.C. and Microwave Measurements ................................................................................................................................. 317

M Barra, A Cassinese, R Vaglio

Nucleation Mechanism of YBa2Cu3O7 by CSD Using TFA Precursors ...................................... 321J Gázquez, J C González, M Coll, O Castaño, N Romà, A Pomar, F Sandiumenge, N Mestres, T Puig, X Obradors

AFM Study of SrTiO3 and YBa2Cu3O7-δ Multilayer Surface Treated with Chemical Mechanical Polishing Process ...................................................................................................... 325

B Prijamboedi, H Takashima, A Shoji

YBCO/Manganite Layered Structures on NdGaO3 Substrates ................................................... 329T Nurgaliev, B Blagoev, T Donchev, S Miteva, P B Mozhaev, J E Mozhaeva, G A Ovsyannikov, I M Kotelyanskii, C Jacobsen

Tc Dependence on the Number of CuO2 Planes in Multilayered Ba2Can-1CunO2n(O, F)2 Superconductors....................................................................................................................... 333

A Iyo, Y Tanaka, Y Kodama, H Kito, K Tokiwa, T Watanabe

Nanoscale Stripe Structures in SmBCO Superconductors ........................................................ 337M R Koblischka, M Winter, A Hu, U Hartmann, M Murakami

Industrial Cu-Ni Alloys for HTS Coated Conductor Tape ........................................................... 341A Girard, C E Bruzek, J L Jorda, L Ortega, J L Soubeyroux

Chemical Solution Deposition (CSD) of CeO2 and La2Zr2O7 Buffer Layers on Cube Textured NiW Substrates ............................................................................................................... 345

G Kotzyba, B Obst, R Nast, W Goldacker, B Holzapfel

Structural Aspect of High-Jc MOD-YBCO Films Prepared on Large Area CeO2-Buffered YSZ Substrates................................................................................................................ 349

M Sohma, K Tsukada, I Yamaguchi, K Kamiya, W Kondo, S Mizuta, T Manabe, T Kumagai

Microcrack-Free, High Jc Thick YBCO Films on Vicinal r-Cut Sapphire Buffered with CeO2 ......................................................................................................................................... 353

J C Nie, H Yamasaki, Y Nakagawa, K Develos-Bagarinao, M Murugesan, H Obara, Y Mawatari

Highly Cube Textured Cu-Based Substrates for YBCO-Coated Conductors ........................... 357R Nast, B Obst, W Goldacker, B Holzapfel

Cube Textured CeO2, BaZrO3 and LaAlO3 Buffer Layers on Ni Based Substrates .................. 362C Deinhofer, G Gritzner

Rectangular (1 cm ×12 cm) YBCO Films Prepared by MOD Using Spin-Coating and Wire-Bar Coating ..................................................................................................................... 366

T Manabe, I Yamaguchi, M Sohma, W Kondo, K Tsukada, K Kamiya, S Mizuta, T Kumagai

Microstructural Observations of Epitaxial Y123 Films on CeO2-Buffered Sapphire by Metal Organic Deposition ......................................................................................................... 369

I Yamaguchi, T Manabe, M Sohma, K Tsukada, W Kondo, K Kamiya, S Mizuta, T Kumagai

Microstructure and Superconducting Properties of Meltprocessed RE-Ba-Cu-O with Dispersed Barium Cerate Particles....................................................................................... 373

S Nariki, N Sakai, M Murakami, I Hirabayashi

Nano-Composite Single Grain YBa2Cu3O7-δ/Y2Ba4CuBiOy Bulk Superconductors .................. 377N Hari Babu, Cheng Liu, K Iida, D A Cardwell

Large Multiseeded Domains of (Y, RE)BaCuO Obtained by the MUSLE Technique ............... 381C Harnois, D Grossin, D Horvath, J Noudem

Pulsed-Field Magnetization of Bulk HTS Magnets in Twinned Rotor Assembly for Axial-type Rotating Machines ........................................................................................................ 385

I Ohtani, H Matsuzaki, Y Kimura, E Morita, T Ida, M Izumi, M Miki, M Kitano

Improvement of Thermal Stability with Alloy Impregnation in Gd-Ba-Cu-O Superconductors for Pulsed Field Magnetization ....................................................................... 389

Y Kimura, H Matsumoto, H Fukai, N Sakai, I Hirabayashi, M Izumi, M Murakami

Formation Kinetics Study of the Tl-2223 Phase in Bulk Samples ............................................. 393H Nguyen Xuan, S Beauquis, H Chunxue, J L Jorda, Ph Galez

New Microcrack Network Generation in TSMTG YBCO .............................................................. 397A E Carrillo, T Puig, A Palau, X Obradors, H Zheng, L Chen, A P Paulikas, B W Veal, H Claus

Obtention and Characterization of YBCO/Ag/YBCO Welds at Different Misorientation Angles..................................................................................................................... 401

B Bozzo, E Bartolomé, X Granados, T Puig, X Obradors

Trapped Field Over 4 Tesla on GdBaCuO Bulk by Pulse Field Method and Magnetizing Mechanism................................................................................................................. 405

Hiroyuki Fujishiro, Masahiko Kaneyama, Tatsuya Tateiwa, Tetsuo Oka

Vortex Pinning by Nanoparticles in Melt-Textured LREBa2Cu3Oy ............................................. 409M Jirsa, M Muralidhar, M Murakami

Non-Ohmic Resistance Characteristic of Inhomogeneous Structure in Pr-doped Cuprate Nd-123................................................................................................................................ 413

Katsukuni Yoshida, Katsuya Ota

Flux Pinning and Orientation Control of Large Grain LREBa2Cu3Oy......................................... 417M Muralidhar, N Sakai, M Jirsa, M Murakami, I Hirabayashi

Single Grain (LRE)-Ba-Cu-O Superconductors Fabricated by Top Seeded Melt Growth in Air ................................................................................................................................... 421

D A Cardwell, N Hari Babu, Y Shi, K Iida

Enhancement of Magnetic Pinning in Liquid Phase Sintered YBCO ........................................ 425Yasuji Yamada, Takafumi Donishi, Taiki Kuwahara, Shugo Kubo

Studies of Cracking Behavior in Melt-processed YBCO Bulk Superconductors..................... 429S Haindl, H W Weber, M Sefciková, K Zmorayová, P Diko, N Hari Babu, D A Cardwell, L Shlyk, G Krabbes

Joining of Bulk High Temperature Superconductors ................................................................. 434A L L Jarvis, M Pillay

EBSD Characterisation of Y2Ba4CuUOx Phase in Melttextured YBCO with Addition of Depleted Uranium Oxide ............................................................................................................ 438

A Koblischka-Veneva, F Mücklich, M R Koblischka, N Hari Babu, D A Cardwell

Trapped Field in Large Single-Domain Dy-123 System Superconductor ................................. 442S Yoshizawa, H Shimada, H Fujimoto, S Yamazaki, K Uemura

Properties of Mg-doped Nd-Ba-Cu-O Generic Seed Crystals for the Top Seeded Melt Growth of (RE)-Ba-Cu-O Bulk Superconductors................................................................. 446

Yunhua Shi, N Hari Babu, Kazumasa Iida, David Cardwell

Superconducting Properties of Tl-2223 Phase Substituted by Iron .......................................... 450S Isber, R Awad, M Tabbal, A I Abou-Aly, B Nsouli, K Zahraman, A Mansour, A Farj

High Performance of Air-processed GdBa2Cu3O7-δ Superconductors with Fined Gd2BaCuO5 and Gd2Ba4CuMoOx Additions.................................................................................. 454

C Xu, A Hu, N Sakai, I Hirabayashi, M Izumi

Improvement of Pinning in Bi2212-based Materials by Hot Plastic Deformation .................... 458R R Daminov, M Reissner, M F Imayev, W Steiner, M V Makarova, P E Kazin

(Tl0.5Pb0.5)(Sr1-xBax)2(Ca1-yGdy)Cu2Oz 1212 Superconductors...................................................... 462G Gritzner, H Sudra, M Eder

Structure and Stability of Ba4CaCu3O8+δ and Ba6CaCu3O10+δ ..................................................... 466H Nguyen Xuan, C Bertrand, S Beauquis, A Pisch, J L Soubeyroux, P Galea

Effect of Zr and Zn Doping on Critical Current Density of Filamentary Dy-Ba-Cu-O Superconductors ............................................................................................................................ 470

E Ban, Y Ikebe, Y Matsuoka, G Nishijima, K Watanabe

Effect of the Partial Replacement of Ca by Alkaline Element Na on Tl-1223 Superconductor .............................................................................................................................. 474

R Awad, A I Abou-Aly, S Isber, W Malaeb

Microwave Response of Bulk MgBB2 Samples of Different Granularity...................................... 480A Agliolo Gallitto, G Bonsignore, G Giunchi, M Li Vigni, Yu A Nefyodov

Al-alloyed MgBB2: Correlation of Superconducting Properties, Microstructure and Chemical Composition ................................................................................................................... 484

B Birajdar, T Wenzel, P Manfrinetti, A Palenzona, M Putti, O Eibl

Pinning Enhancement in M/MgB2 (M = Ag, Cu, Nb) System ....................................................... 488Y Kimishima, S Takami, M Uehara, T Okuda, T Kuramoto

Superconductivity in Porous MgB2 ............................................................................................... 492V Grinenko, E P Krasnoperov, V A Stoliarov, A A Bush, B P Mikhajlov

Formation of Magnesium Diboride-based Materials with High Critical Currents and Mechanical Characteristics by Highpressure Synthesis..................................................... 496

T A Prikhna, W Gawalek, Ya M Savchuk, N V Sergienko, V E Moshchil, M Wendt, M Zeisberger, T Habisreuther, V B Sverdun, S X Dou, S N Dub, V S Melnikov, Ch Schmidt, J Dellith, P A Nagorny

Ti and Zr Doped MgB2 Bulk Superconductors............................................................................. 500N Hörhager, M Eisterer, H W Weber, T Prikhna, T Tajima, V F Nesterenko

Study of Thermal Effects in Bulk RE-BCO Superconductors Submitted to a Variable Magnetic Field .................................................................................................................. 505

Ph Laurent, J-F Fagnard, J-P Mathieu, S Meslin, J G Noudem, R Cloots, M Ausloos, Ph Vanderbemden

Characterisation of the Magnetic Shielding Properties of YBaCuO Thick Films Prepared by Electrophoretic Deposition on Silver Substrates .................................................. 509

S Denis, G Grenci, L Dusoulier, R Cloots, P Vanderbemden, B Vanderheyden, M Dirickx, M Ausloos

Investigation of Artificially Patterned YBCO Single Domain Bulks ........................................... 513F Hengstberger, S Haindl, H W Weber, X Chaud

Computation Limits of Current Distribution in Thick Superconducting Bulks from Magnetic Field Measurements ....................................................................................................... 518

J Amorós, M Carrera, X Granados, S Iliescu, E Moreno, B Bozzo, X Obradors

Analysis of Melt-textured YBCO with Nanoscale Inclusions...................................................... 522M R Koblischka, M Winter, U Hartmann, A Koblischka-Veneva, N Hari Babu, D A Cardwell

Investigation of Grain Orientations of Melt-textured HTSC with Addition of Uranium Oxide, Y2O3 and Y2BaCuO5 ............................................................................................. 527

A Koblischka-Veneva, C Holzapfel, F Mücklich, M R Koblischka, N Hari Babu, D A Cardwell

Effect of Mn Doping on the Specific Heat of the High Tc Superconductor Y1-

xPrxBa2Cu3Oy.................................................................................................................................... 531Ashok Rao, Radhe Shyam, Anirban Das, Rajeev Rawat, Bhasker Gahtori, Vikram Sen, Neeraj Panwar, S K Agarwal

Nucleation and Growth of Dense Phase in Compressed MgB2 ................................................. 535P Mikheenko, A I Bevan, J S Abell

Pulsed Field Waveforms for Magnetization of HTS Gd-Ba-Cu-O Bulk Magnets ...................... 539T Ida, H Matsuzaki, E Morita, H Sakashita, T Harada, H Ogata, Y Kimura, M Miki, M Kitano, M Izumi

Improvement Mechanism and Bending Strain Tolerance for Reinforced Bi2223 Superconducting Tapes ................................................................................................................. 543

M K Al-Mosawi, B Xu, C Beduz, Y Yang, N G Stephen

Electromechanical Studies of YBaCuO Tape Fabricated by Metal-organic Chemical Vapor Deposition for Coil Applications ....................................................................... 547

K Shikimachi, N Kashima, S Nagaya, S Miyata, Y Yamada, T Izumi, K Nakao, Y Shiohara

Surface Resistance of YBCO Thin Films Under High DC Magnetic Fields ............................... 551S Ohshima, K Kitamura, Y Noguchi, N Sekiya, A Saito, S Hirano, D Okai

Intermodulation Distortion in YBCO at the Intrinsic Limit: Implications for Filters................. 556D E Oates, Y D Agassi, S-H Park, D Seron

Dependence of Transport Current Losses in Coated Conductors on Magnetic Property of Substrate ..................................................................................................................... 560

O Tsukamoto, H Nakayama, S Odaka, S Hahakura, M Ueyama, K Ohmatsu, D Miyagi

Transport AC Losses in Striated YBCO Coated Conductors ..................................................... 564M Majoros, B A Glowacki, A M Campbell, G A Levin, P N Barnes

Novel Superconductor/Magnet Resonant Configurations: Exact Analytic Representations of the Meissner State and the Critical State.................................................... 568

Y A Genenko, H Rauh

Time Dependent Electric Field and E-I Curves in Bi-2223 Tapes Carrying DC Currents and Exposed to Perpendicular AC Magnetic Fields.................................................... 572

A Friedman, G Lukovsky, V Roitberg, Y Wolfus, F Kopansky, B Kalisky, Y Yeshurun

The Bean Model of the Critical State in a Magnetically Shielded Superconductor Filament ........................................................................................................................................... 576

S V Yampolskii, Y A Genenko, H Rauh, A V Snezhko

Finite-Element Analysis and Comparison of the AC Loss Performance of BSCCO and YBCO Conductors ................................................................................................................... 581

Svetlomir Stavrev, Francesco Grilli, Bertrand Dutoit, Stephen Ashworth

A Comparative Study on Pre-Standardization of Total AC Loss Measurements for Oxide-Superconducting Tapes in Japan ...................................................................................... 587

Kazuo Funaki, Yasuzo Tanaka, Kozo Osamura

Coupling Losses and Transverse Resistivity of Multifilament YBCO Coated Superconductors ............................................................................................................................ 591

M Polak, E Usak, L Jansak, E Demencik, G A Levin, P N Barnes, D Wehler, B Moenter

Measurement of Temperature Dependent AC Losses in HTS Bulk by Electric, Calorimetric Methods ..................................................................................................................... 595

K Yamagishi, S Sekizawa, J Ogawa, O Tsukamoto

Peculiarity of Magnetization Relaxation in Finite Size Superconductors. ................................ 599L Uspenskaya, K Korolev, D Kontuganov

Scaling Law and Irreversibility Fields in High Temperature Superconductors........................ 603N Sakamoto, T Akune, H R Khan, K Lüders

Vortex States in Strongly Anisotropic HTSC in Parallel Magnetic Field ................................... 609K Hirata, S Ooi, S Yu, E H S Sadki, T Mochiku

High Vortex Mobility in Hg-1201 .................................................................................................... 613D Maurer, H Breitzke, K Lüders, M Baenitz, D A Pavlov, E V Antipov

Vortex Dimensionality and Pinning Efficiency in Granular Specimens Having a Narrow Weak-Link Critical Current Distribution .......................................................................... 618

W A Ortiz, J S Nunes, C V Deimling, A J M Vieira, R Caparroz, W A C Passos, M F Carrasco, F M Costa

The Transition to the Normal State of YBCO Films ..................................................................... 623P Bernstein, J F Hamet, M T González, M Ruibal

Vortex Cutting in YBa2Cu3O7-δ ....................................................................................................... 627J H Durrell, E Pardo, J E Evetts, M G Blamire

Flux Dynamics and Time Effects in a Carved Out Superconducting Polycrystalline Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Sample ......................................................................................... 631

M Olutaş, H Yetiş, A Altinkok, H Sözeri, K Kiliç, A Kiliç, O Çetin

Magnetovoltage Measurements and Field Sweep Rate Dependence of V-H Curves in Superconducting Polycrystalline Y1Ba2Cu3O7-x....................................................................... 635

H Yetiş, A Altinkok, M Olutaş, A Kiliç, K Kiliç, O Çetin

Mechanics of Vortex Escape from Extended Linear Defect in 3D-Anisotropic Superconductor .............................................................................................................................. 639

V Tsvetkovskii, A Kasatkin, V Shabatura

Instabilities in the Current-Voltage Characteristics of Submicron BSCCO Bridges ............... 643S G Zybtsev, V Ya Pokrovskii, I G Gorlova, Yu I Latyshev, V N Timofeev

Two Kinds of Vortex States in Thin Mesoscopic Superconductors .......................................... 647B J Baelus, A Kanda, F M Peeters, Y Ootuka, K Kadowaki

Flux Pinning in Neutron Irradiated MgBB2 Single Crystals........................................................... 651M Zehetmayer, M Eisterer, R Müller, M Weigand, J Jun, S M Kazakov, J Karpinski, H W Weber

Non-linear Response of AC Conductivity in Narrow YBCO Film Strips at the Superconducting Transition .......................................................................................................... 655

J G Ossandón, J L Giordano, P Esquinazi, K Kempa, U Schaufuss, S Sergeenkov

Critical Current Problems in HTc Superconductors with Nanoscale Pinning Centers ............................................................................................................................................. 659

J Sosnowski

Magnetization Measurements of Hard Superconductors Under Dissipative Transport ......................................................................................................................................... 663

J L Giordano, J Luzuriaga, I A Ruíz-Tagle, G Nieva, A Badía-Majós

Influence of the Microbridge Width on the Transition to the Normal State Induced by High Current Densities Ramps in YBa2Cu3O7-δ Thin Films.................................................... 667

Mauricio Ruibal, Gonzalo Ferro, Montserrat Blanch, J Antonio Veira, Jesús Maza, Félix Vidal

Direct Observation of the Depairing Current with Short Current Pulses in Ultrathin High-Temperature Superconductor Films .................................................................... 670

I Puica, W Lang, M Peruzzi, J D Pedarnig, D Bäuerle

Peak-Effect and Angular Hysteresis in Jc(H, θ) Dependencies for YBa2Cu3O7-δ Epitaxial Films ................................................................................................................................. 674

V M Pan, S A Pozigun, Yu V Cherpak, V A Komashko, A L Kasatkin, E A Pashitskii, A V Semenov, A V Pan

Simplified Method to Determine Absolute AC-loss Values of Superconducting Tapes for Varying Sample Geometries ......................................................................................... 678

C Schmidt, W Goldacker

Pulsed Critical Current Measurements of NbTi in Perpendicular and Parallel Pulsed Magnetic Fields Using the New Cryo-BI-Pulse System ................................................. 682

V Stehr, K S Tan, S C Hopkins, B A Glowacki, A De Keyser, L Van Bockstal, J Deschagt

The Experimental Analysis on the Thermal and Electrical Characteristics of Impregnating Materials for Superconducting Magnets .............................................................. 686

Seong Eun Yang, Duck Kweon Bae, Hyoungku Kang, Min Cheol Ahn, Dong Keun Park, Bok-Yeol Seok, Ho Myoung Jang, Tae Kuk Ko

Stability Test of HTSC Phases in PdH System ............................................................................ 690Paolo Tripodi, Daniele Di Gioacchino, Jenny Darja Vinko

Non-Exponential Optical Modification of the Electrical Properties in Oxygen-Deficient YBa2Cu3Ox ....................................................................................................................... 694

W Markowitsch, P Brantner, W Lang, M Peruzzi, J D Pedarnig, D Bäuerle

Coherent Voltage Oscillations in Superconducting Polycrystalline Y1Ba2Cu3O7-x .................. 698A Altinkok, H Yetiş, M Olutaş, K Kiliç, A Kiliç, O Çetin

Intermodulation Distortion Measurements of MgB2 Thin Films Grown by HPCVD ................. 702G Cifariello, M Aurino, E Di Gennaro, G Lamura, P Orgiani, J-C Villegier, X X Xi, A Andreone

Angle-Dependence of the Hall Effect in Hg-Ba-Ca-Cu-O Thin Films ......................................... 706H Richter, I Puica, W Lang, M Peruzzi, J H Durrell, H Sturm, J D Pedarnig, D Bäuerle

The Development of the KATRIN Magnet System ....................................................................... 710M Noe, R Gehring, S Grohmann, H Neumann, O Kazachenko, B Bornschein, J Bonn

VOLUME 2

Feasibility Study for 15-Tesla Magnet Using Rapid-Heating Quenching and Transformation Nb3Al Strand......................................................................................................... 714

R Yamada, G Ambrosio, E Barzi, V Kashikin, A Kikuchi, I Novitski, T Takeuchi, M Wake, A Zlobin

Superconductive In-Vacuum Undulators for Storage Rings, Concept and First Operational Experience .................................................................................................................. 719

A Bernhard, S Casalbuoni, M Hagelstein, B Kostka, R Rossmanith, E Steffens, M Weisser, D Wollmann, T Baumbach

Industrial Tooling and Methods for the Junctions of the Superconducting Busbars in the Interconnections Between the LHC Cryomagnets ............................................ 723

J M Balaguer, T Colombet, A Jacquemod, F Laurent, C Nambride, Y Taffard, J Ph Tock

Power Supply and Quench Protection for the MICE Cooling Channel Magnets...................... 727Michael A Green, Holger Witte

Progress in the Design of a Fast-Cycling Cos-style Dipole Based on High Current Hollow Superconducting Cable ..................................................................................................... 731

H Khodzhibagiyan, P Akishin, A Alfeev, V Bartenev, A Butenko, E Fischer, A Kovalenko, G Kuznetsov, V Mikhaylov, P Nikitaev

Numerical Analysis on Effect of Kapitza Conductance on Stability of LHD Conductor Cooled by He II ............................................................................................................. 735

M Ohya, Y Shirai, M Shiotsu, S Imagawa

Mechanical Performance of Cyanate Ester Based Insulation Systems Under ITER Relevant Conditions ....................................................................................................................... 739

R Prokopec, K Humer, R K Maix, H Fillunger, H W Weber

Effect of Joint Quality on Conductor Short Sample Performance............................................. 744D Ciazynski, L Zani, P Decool, H Cloez, J P Serries, M Tena

Lessons Learned from the Manufacture of the W7-X Planar Coils............................................ 748H Viebke, D Gustke, T Rummel, C Sborchia, R Schroeder, D Williams, S Bates, B Leigh, R Winter

Design, Production and QA Test Results of the NbTi CIC Conductors for the W7-X Magnet System................................................................................................................................ 753

R K Maix, V Bagnato, M Fricke, K Heyn, T Kluck, F Lange, K Riße, C Sborchia, N Valle

Influence of Bending Strain on the Critical Properties of Jacketed Nb3Sn Strands for ITER ............................................................................................................................................ 759

L Zani, H Cloez, A Delia Corte, A Di Zenobio, L Muzzi, E Salpietro, M Tena, A Vostner

Operation of a Digital Flux Injector Coupled to a 50-MHz HTS Insert Magnet.......................... 763R Mai, S Hahn, H Lee, J Bascuñán, Y Iwasa

Suitability of LN2 Impregnated Open-Cell Foam As Electric Insulant for Superconducting Power Equipment ............................................................................................. 767

C Sumereder, M Mifka, M Muhr

Recent Advances of HTS Power Application Research at IEE .................................................. 772Yanwei Ma, Liangzhen Lin, Liye Xiao

Mechanical Design of a Synchronous Rotating Machines with Gd-Ba-Cu-O HTS Bulk Pole-Field Magnets Operated by a Pulsed-Field Magnetization with Armature Copper Coils .................................................................................................................................... 776

H Matsuzaki, Y Kimura, I Ohtani, E Morita, H Ogata, M Izumi, T Ida, H Sugimoto, M Miki, M Kitano

Trial Manufacture of Liquid Nitrogen Cooling High Temperature Superconductivity Motor................................................................................................................ 780

H Sugimoto, T Nishikawa, T Tsuda, Y Hondou, Y Akita, T Takeda, T Okazaki, S Ohashi, Y Yoshida

Fundamental Electrical Design Method for Superconducting Synchronous Generators ....................................................................................................................................... 784

N Maki

Iron-YBCO Heterostructures and their Application for Trapped Field Superconducting Motor.................................................................................................................. 788

X Granados, E Bartolomé, X Obradors, M Tornes, L Rodrigues, W Gawalek, M McCulloch, D Dew Hughes, A Campbell, T Coombs, M Ausloos, R Cloots

An Experimental Investigation of a Reluctance Electrical Drive with Bulk Superconducting Elements in the Rotor at Temperature Below 20 K....................................... 792

L K Kovalev, K V Ilushin, V T Penkin, K L Kovalev, V N Poltavets, S M A Koneyev, K A Modestov, W Gawalek, T A Prikhna, I I Akimov

Single Pulsed-Field Magnetization on Gd-Ba-Cu-O Bulk HTS Assembled for Axial-Gap Type Rotating Machines......................................................................................................... 796

E Morita, H Matsuzaki, Y Kimura, I Ohtani, M Izumi, Y Nonaka, M Murakami, T Ida, H Sugimoto, M Miki, M Kitano

AC Application of HTS Conductors in Highly Dynamic Electric Motors ................................... 800B Oswald, K-J Best, M Setzer, E Duffner, M Soell, W Gawalek, L K Kovalev

Design of a Linear Synchronous Motor with High Temperature Superconductor Materials in the Armature and in the Field Excitation System ................................................... 804

J M Pina, M V Neves, M D McCulloch, A L Rodrigues

Characterisation and Control of a Prototype HTS SMES Device ............................................... 809C J Hawley, D Cuiuri, C D Cook, S A Gower, T P Beales

Electrical and Thermal Characteristics of Bi2212/Ag HTS Coils for Conduction-cooled SMES ................................................................................................................................... 813

N Hayakawa, S Noguchi, C Kurupakorn, H Kojima, F Endo, N Hirano, S Nagaya, H Okubo

Cryogenic Design of a 800 kJ HTS SMES..................................................................................... 817B Bellin, P Tixador, M Deleglise, J C Vallier, S Pavard, C E Bruzek

HTS Magnet for 7.3 kJ SMES System ........................................................................................... 821G Wojtasiewicz, T Janowski, S Kozak, B Kondratowicz-Kucewicz, J Kozak, P Surdacki, B A Glowacki

Test Results of an Experimental Coil with Bi-2212 Rutherford Cable for High Energy-density HTS-SMES ............................................................................................................ 825

K Ohsemochi, K Koyanagi, T Kurusu, T Tosaka, K Tasaki, M Ono, Y Ishii, K Shimada, S Nomura, K Kidoguchi, H Onoda, N Hirano, S Nagaya

Use of a High-Temperature Superconducting Coil for Magnetic Energy Storage ................... 829J-F Fagnard, D Crate, J-F Jamoye, Ph Laurent, B Mattivi, R Cloots, M Ausloos, A Genon, Ph Vanderbemden

Superconducting Transformer and Regulation Circuit for the CERN Cable Test Facility .............................................................................................................................................. 833

A P Verweij, C-H Denarie, S Geminian, O Vincent-Viry

Generation of Highly Stable DC Current by Using a Superconducting Transformer .............. 837B Ni, S Hakoda, E S Otabe, M Kiuchi

Fabrication of Superconducting Traction Transformer for Railway Rolling Stock ................. 841H Kamijo, H Hata, H Fujimoto, A Inoue, K Nagashima, K Ikeda, H Yamada, Y Sanuki, A Tomioka, K Uwamori, S Yoshida, M Iwakuma, K Funaki

New Perspectives in HTS Transformer Design............................................................................ 845M Ariante, A Formisano, F Marignetti, R Martone, G Masullo, A Matrone, R Quarantiello, G Rubinacci, F Sangiorgi, M Scarano, S Silvestri, F Villone, M Zigon

Demonstration of a 500 m HTS Power Cable in the Super-ACE Project ................................... 849M Yagi, S Mukoyama, M Ichikawa, T Takahashi, H Suzuki, A Kimura

Fault Management of a Cold Dielectric HTS Power Transmission Cable ................................. 853J Maguire, A Allais, J Yuan, F Schmidt, F Hamber, Tom Welsh

Electrical Insulation of 500-m High-Tc Superconducting Power Cable ..................................... 857T Takahashi, M Ichikawa, H Suzuki, T Okamoto, S Akita, S Mukoyama, M Yagi, S Maruyama, A Kimura

Development of HTS Cable System for ALBANY Project ........................................................... 861M Watanabe, H Yumura, H Takigawa, H Ito, Y Ashibe, T Kato, C Suzawa, T Masuda, K Sato, S Isojima

Fault Current Analysis for a Superconducting 1 kA YBCO Cable ............................................. 865L Rostila, J Lehtonen, M Masti, R Mikkonen

Long-term Test of the 22.9kV HTS Power Cable System in LS Cable Ltd ................................ 869Hyun Man Jang, Chang Young Lee, Choon Dong Kim, Do Hyung Kim, In Son Park, Bong Ki Ji, Dong Wook Kim, Jeonwook Cho

The Design and Construction of a Controllable Reactor with a HTS Control Winding ............................................................................................................................................ 873

Torbjörn Wass, Sven Hörnfeldt, Stefan Valdemarsson

Heating Development Analysis in Long HTS Objects - Updated Results ................................. 877V S Vysotsky, V V Repnikov, E A Lobanov, G H Karapetyan, V E Sytnikov

Computation of the E(I) Characteristics of a Superconducting Cable Using Parameters of Cable Tapes ............................................................................................................ 881

L Frolek, J Souc

Field Test of 3 Phase, 22.9kV, 100m HTS Cable System in KEPCO .......................................... 885S H Sohn, H S Choi, H R Kim, O B Hyun, S W Yim, T Masuda, K Yatsuka, M Watanabe, H S Ryoo, H S Yang, D L Kim, S D Hwang

A Study on Thickness Effect of HTS Cable for Insulation Design ............................................. 889H G Cheon, D S Kwag, J H Choi, H J Kim, J W Cho, S H Kim

Field Test and Short-circuit Test of HTS Power Cable................................................................ 893M Ichikawa, T Takahashi, H Suzuki, S Mukoyama, M Yagi, A Kimura

Influence of Gaps in Monolayer Superconducting Cable on AC Losses.................................. 897B Klincok, F Gömöry

High Current DyBCO-ROEBEL Assembled Coated Conductor (RACC) ................................... 901W Goldacker, R Nast, G Kotzyba, S I Schlachter, A Frank, B Ringsdorf, C Schmidt, P Komarek

Characteristic of YBCO Thin Film for Current Limiting Device ................................................. 905A Otani, T Hori, K Kaiho, S Yanabu, M Furuse, I Yamaguchi

Comparison of the Performances of Three Different Types of Fault Current Limiter in the Distribution Network ............................................................................................... 909

A Morandi, M Bocchi, M Fabbri, L Martini, F Negrini, P L Ribani

Experimental Study on Using a High-Temperature Superconducting Inductor for Power Loss Reduction in an Active Power Filter ........................................................................ 913

C Chao, H P To, C Grantham, M F Rahman

Magnetic Field Assisted Quench Propagation As a New Concept for Resistive Current Limiting Devices ............................................................................................................... 917

S Elschner, F Breuer, H Walter, J Bock

Measurement of Relation Between Current Applying Time and Trigger Current Level of Y123 Thin Film for Sinusoidal Current ........................................................................... 921

Jumpei Baba, Susumu Morisue, Masakuni Chiba, Tanzo Nitta

Resistive Fault Current Limiter Prototypes: Mechanical and Electrical Analyses .................. 925L Martini, I Arcos, M Bocchi, R Brambilla, R Dalessandro, A Frigerio, V Rossi

Quench and Thermal Recovery in a Superconducting Fault Current Limiter with Artificial Weak Zones...................................................................................................................... 929

M R Osorio, P Toimil, J A Lorenzo, M Ruibal, G Ferro, J A Veira, F Vidal

Theoretical Analysis of Current Density Distribution in Superconducting Plate of Flat Type Superconducting Fault Current Limiter ....................................................................... 933

H Shimizu, K Sannomiya, N Watanabe, Y Yokomizu, T Matsumura, M Shibuya, M Ichikawa, H Kado

Low-Cost and High-Power-Density Resistive Fault-Current Limiting Elements Using YBCO Thin Films and Au-Ag Alloy Shunt Layers............................................................. 937

H Yamasaki, K Arai, M Furuse, K Kaiho, Y Nakagawa

Transient Electromagnetic Phenomena During Current Limiting Process in YBCO Thin Film .......................................................................................................................................... 942

Y Ichiki, H Ohsaki

Tests Results and Analysis of Inductive Superconducting Fault Current Limiter with Bi-2223 Tube and HTS Tape As Secondary Winding .......................................................... 946

J Kozak, T Janowski, S Kozak, G Wojtasiewicz, B Glowacki

Simulation of Electrical and Thermal Behavior of High Temperature Superconducting Fault Current Limiting Transformer (HTc-SFCLT) ........................................ 950

C Kurupakorn, H Kojima, N Hayakawa, F Endo, N Kashima, S Nagaya, M Noe, H Okubo

Simulation Model for a Novel Superconducting Fault Current Limiter ..................................... 954M Stemmle, B R Oswald, F Breuer, S Elschner, M Noe

A Model Experiment of Current Limiting Characteristics of Superconducting Fault Current Limiter in the Demand Side with Distributed Generator ............................................... 958

Yasuyuki Shirai, Takayuki Morimoto, Kunimitu Furushiba, Masahiro Shiotsu, Keisuke Fushiki, Junpei Baba, Tanzo Nitta

Theoretical Calculation of Inductance of Flat Type Fault Current Limiter with High Tc Superconducting Plate .............................................................................................................. 962

Toshiro Matsumura, Keita Mutsuura, Yasunobu Yokomizu, Daisuke Iioka, Hirotaka Shimizu, Masatoyo Shibuya, Hiroyuki Kado, Michiharu Ichikawa

System Investigation of High Temperature Superconducting Self-limiting Transformer ..................................................................................................................................... 966

Attila Györe, Gábor Péter, István Vajda

Conceptual Design for Transformer Type SC-FCL by Use of Silver Sheathed BSCCO Wire .................................................................................................................................... 971

Keisuke Fushiki, Tanzo Nitta, Jumpei Baba

Operational Characteristics of Linear Synchronous Actuator with Field-Cooled YBCO Bulk Secondary.................................................................................................................... 975

T Shibata, H Ueda, K Agatsuma, A Ishiyama

Durability Evaluation of Superconducting Magnets ................................................................... 979Akihiko Inoue, Masafumi Ogata, Masahiko Nakauchi, Tetsuo Asahara, Toshiki Herai, Yoichi Nishikawa

Non-additivity of Magnetic Levitation Force ................................................................................ 983I A Rudnev, Yu S Ermolaev

Position Control of Active Magnetic Levitation Using YBCO Bulk and Multiple Electromagnets ............................................................................................................................... 987

Y Ito, H Ueda, K Agatsuma, A Ishiyama

Guideway and Turnout Switch for the SupraTrans Project........................................................ 991C Beyer, O de Haas, P Verges, L Schultz

First Heavy Load Bearing for Industrial Application with Shaft Loads Up to 10 kN ................ 995H Walter, J Bock, Ch Frohne, K Schippl, H May, W R Canders, P Kummeth, W Nick, H-W Neumueller

Running Performance of a Pinning-Type Superconducting Magnetic Levitation Guide ................................................................................................................................................ 999

M Okano, T Iwamoto, M Furuse, S Fuchino, I Ishii

Failure Analysis of Superconducting Bearings ......................................................................... 1003Amit Rastogi, A M Campbell, T A Coombs

Flywheel Challenge: HTS Magnetic Bearing .............................................................................. 1007F N Werfel, U Floegel-Delor, T Riedel, R Rothfeld, D Wippich, B Goebel

Meissner-Levitated Micro-Systems............................................................................................. 1011T A Coombs, I Samad, Z Hong, D Eves, A Rastogi

Magnetic Shielding of MgB2 Tubes in Applied DC and AC Field ............................................. 1015T Cavallin, R Quarantiello, A Matrone, G Giunchi

A 200 kW MgBB2 Induction Heater Project ................................................................................... 1019N Magnusson, M Runde

Conceptual Design of a High Temperature Superconductor Current Feeder System for ITER ............................................................................................................................ 1023

V L Tanna, W H Fietz, R Heller, A Vostner, R Wesche, G R Zahn

Preparation of Cylindrical Bi-2223 Sintered Bulk Composed with Nickel Meshes for Current Lead ............................................................................................................................ 1027

S Yoshizawa, M Sakamoto, Y Hishinuma, A Nishimura, S Yamazaki, S Kojima

Development of Current Leads Using RE-Ba-Cu-O Bulk Superconductors........................... 1031H Teshima, M Morita, H Hirano

Bi2212 HTS Tubular Bulk with Conical Shape for Current Lead.............................................. 1035H Tamura, T Mito, Y Yamada, M Watanabe, J Ohkubo, R Heller

A New Design of SMES Coil for Bridging Instantaneous Voltage Dips .................................. 1039T Kurusu, M Ono, H Ogata, T Tosaka, I Senda, S Nomura

Quench Initiation and Propagation Characteristics of HTS Wires Under Liquid Nitrogen Cooling Condition ......................................................................................................... 1043

Duck Kweon Bae, Dong Keun Park, Min Cheol Ahn, Hyoungku Kang, Yong Soo Yoon, Tae Kuk Ko

Excess Current Experiment on YBCO Tape Conductor with Metal Stabilized Layer ............ 1047Kenji Tasaki, Takashi Yazawa, Michitaka Ono, Toru Kuriyama

Thermal Analysis of Cryocooler-Cooled Bi2223 Pulsed Coil ................................................... 1051H Miyazaki, S Chigusa, I Tanaka, M Iwakuma, K Funaki, H Hayashi, A Tomioka

Current (re-)Distribution Inside an ITER Full-Size Conductor: a Qualitative Analysis ......................................................................................................................................... 1055

A Di Zenobio, L Muzzi, S Turtù, A della Corte, L Verdini

Study of HTS Conductors Made from Combinations of HTS Tapes........................................ 1059V E Sytnikov, V S Vysotsky, I P Radchenko, N V Polyakova, A V Rychagov, G G Svalov

Overall Characteristics of 9 kW Class Helium Refrigerator for Experimental Fusion Device................................................................................................................................ 1063

S Yamada, S Moriuchi, R Maekawa, M Noguchi, K Kuramochi, T Kishi, T Mito

Calculated E-I Characteristics of HTS Pancakes and Coils Exposed to Inhomogeneous Magnetic Fields ................................................................................................ 1068

Y Adanny, Y Wolfus, A Friedman, F Kopansky, Y Yeshurun, Z Bar-Haim, Z Ron, N Pundak

Power Saving of Large-Scaled Helium Compressor for Fusion Device.................................. 1072M Noguchi, S Yamada, S Moriuchi, K Kuramochi, T Kishi, T Mito

Finite-Element Modelling of Superconductors in Over-Critical Regime with Temperature Dependent Resistivity............................................................................................ 1076

J Duron, F Grilli, L Antognazza, M Decroux, S Stavrev, B Dutoit, Ø Fischer

NiCu-based Superconducting Devices: Fabrication and Characterization ............................ 1081A Ruotolo, D Pullini, C Adamo, G P Pepe, L Maritato, G Innocenti, P Perlo

The Measurement of Josephson Current of Double Josephson Junction ............................. 1088Kunimori Aizawa, Akiyoshi Nakayama, Susumu Abe

Hexagonal Symmetry of Magnetic Field Dependence of Josephson Current Through Triangle Shape Superconducting Junctions.............................................................. 1092

Akiyoshi Nakayama, Susumu Abe, Tetsuya Shimoyama, Norimichi Watanabe, Hsu Jui-Pang, Yoichi Okabe

Radiation Linewidth of the Flux-Flow Oscillator with Integrated Self-Field Coil.................... 1096A S Sobolev, V P Koshelets, J Mygind

Characteristics of Nb/Al-AlOx-Al/Nb Josephson Junction Fabricated Using Facing Target Sputtering ............................................................................................................. 1100

S Morohashi, T Miyoshi, Y Takada, C Yamamoto, H Matsuo, A Kushino, M Ohkubo

Dynamics of Underdamped Josephson Junctions with Nonsinusoidal Current-Phase Relation .............................................................................................................................. 1105

V K Kornev, T Y Karminskaya, Y V Kislinskii, P V Komissinki, K Y Constantinian, G A Ovsyannikov

Maximum Josephson Current, Inhomogeneous Superconductivity in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ............................................................................................................................. 1110

Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Hamatani, Yoshiharu Yamada, Kenkichi Anagawa, Takao Watanabe

Critical-Current Suppression in Sub-Micron Intrinsic Josephson Junction Arrays .............. 1114J C Fenton, M Korsah, C R M Grovenor, P A Warburton

Bi-epitaxial YBa2Cu3Ox Thin Films on Tilted-axes NdGaO3 Substrates with CeO2 Seeding Layer................................................................................................................................ 1119

P B Mozhaev, J E Mozhaeva, C S Jacobsen, J Bindslev Hansen, I K Bdikin, V A Luzanov, I M Kotelyanskii, S G Zybtsev

Point Contact Spectra on YBa2Cu3O7-x/La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 Bilayers .............................................. 1123S Piano, F Bobba, A De Santis, F Giubileo, A Scarfato, A M Cucolo

Frequency and Size Dependence of Ac Josephson Effect in Nb/Au/YBCO Heterojunctions............................................................................................................................. 1127

K Y Constantinian, Y V Kislinski, P V Komissinski, I V Borisenko, G A Ovsyannikov, T Y Karminskaya, I I Soloviev, V K Kornev, J Mygind

Fiske Steps in Josephson Junctions with Alternating Critical Current Density .................... 1131C Nappi, E Sarnelli, M Adamo, M A Navacerrada

Improvement of the Homo-Biepitaxial YBCO Film Fabrication Process on Yttrium Stabilized Zirconia ........................................................................................................................ 1135

M P Lisitskiy, C Camerlingo, M Salvato, A Vecchione, M Russo

Smooth NdBa2Cu3O7-δ Thin Films and Ramp Josephson Junctions....................................... 1139M Sjöstrand, P Komissinski, D Winkler

Collective Dynamics of Intrinsic Josephson Junctions in HTSC ............................................ 1143Yu M Shukrinov, F Mahfouzi

Correlation Between Structural Disorder and Electric Properties in YBa2Cu3O7-δ (YBCO) ........................................................................................................................................... 1147

S Lengrand, J Siejka, Y Lemaitre, B Marcilhac, H Kokabi, G Alquie, J C Mage

High-Tc Josephson Junction : Towards Improvement of IcRN Product and Realization of Phase Qubits......................................................................................................... 1151

A Maeda, H Kitano, L Gomez, T Kubo, K Ota, T Ohashi

Bicrystal Josephson Junctions and Arrays in a Fabry-Perot Resonator ............................... 1155A M Klushin, D M Druzhnov, N Klein

Sputter Synthesis of c-axis YBCO Films with Excellent Surface Smoothness and Fabrication of Sandwich Type Junctions with Interface Engineered Barrier ......................... 1159

K Ohk, N Iwashita, K Kikunaga, T Okuda, K Obara, N Terada

Properties of Submicron [001] Tilt Symmetric and Asymmetric 45º Bicrystal Grain Boundary Junctions ..................................................................................................................... 1163

G Testa, E Sarnelli, D-J Kang, S H Mennema, E J Tarte, M G Blamire

Study of SNS and SIS NbN Josephson Junctions Coupled to a Microwave Band-Pass Filter ...................................................................................................................................... 1167

E Baggetta, R Setzu, J C Villégier

Hybrid Josephson-CMOS Memory in Advanced Technologies and Larger Sizes ................. 1171Q Liu, T Van Duzer, K Fujiwara, N Yoshikawa

Development of RSFQ Voltage Drivers for Arbitrary AC Waveform Synthesisers ................ 1175M I Khabipov, D Hagedorn, F-Im Buchholz, J Kohlmann, F Maibaum, M Schilling, J Niemeyer

Automatic Single-Flux-Quantum (SFQ) Logic Synthesis Method for Top-Down Circuit Design................................................................................................................................ 1179

Yoshio Kameda, Shinichi Yorozu, Yoshihito Hashimoto

Universal Asynchronous RSFQ Gate for Realization of Boolean Functions of Dual-Rail Binary Variables ........................................................................................................... 1183

B Dimov, M Khabipov, D Balashov, C M Brandt, Th Ortlepp, D Hagedorn, F-Im Buchholz, J Niemeyer, F H Uhlmann

Fabrication and Operation of a 1024-stage Voltage Multiplier for AC Voltage Standard Applications .................................................................................................................. 1187

M Maezawa, F Hirayama, M Suzuki, M Ochiai, H Kimura

Splitting and Broadening Techniques for SFQ-pulse Driver Based on SQIF ......................... 1191V K Kornev, I I Soloviev, N V Klenov, O A Mukhanov

Resonance Phenomena in the Macroscopic Quantum Tunnelling ......................................... 1195S Rombetto, V Corato, Yu N Ovchinnikov, B Ruggiero, P Silvestrini

A New Generation of the HTS Multilayer DC-SQUID Magnetometers and Gradiometers ................................................................................................................................. 1199

M I Faley, U Poppe, K Urban, D N Paulson, R L Fagaly

Single-Layer 2nd-Order SQUID Gradiometer and Fabrication of YBa2Cu3O7 Nanobridges As the Josephson Elements ................................................................................. 1203

Soon-Gul Lee, Chan Seok Kang, In-Seon Kim, Sang-Jae Kim, Hye-Rim Kim

Integer, Half-Integer Shapiro Steps in π-SQUID’s ..................................................................... 1207F Romeo, R De Luca

Effects of Low-Temperature Ozone Annealing on Current-Voltage and Low-Frequency Noise Characteristics of [100]-tilt YBa2Cu3O7-X Grain-Boundary Josephson Junctions ................................................................................................................... 1211

M V Liatti, Y Y Divin, U Poppe, V N Gubankov, K Urban

Current and Position Beam Monitor with HTS SQUIDs and HTS Magnetic Shield for the RIKEN Ring Cyclotron ...................................................................................................... 1215

T Watanabe, M Kase, Y Sasaki, S Watanabe, T Ikeda, T Kawaguchi, Y Yano

Biomagnetic Measurement System on Mice—Evaluation of System Performance by MCG, Application to MEG ....................................................................................................... 1219

T Nakamura, K Shirai, Y Ono, N Kasai, A Odawara, A Ishiyama

Thin-Film Planar Gradiometer with Long Baseline ................................................................... 1223Robin Cantor, Ad Hall, Andrei Matlachov

Measuring the Absolute Magnetic Field Using High-Tc SQUID ................................................ 1227D F He, H Itozaki

Real-time Monitoring of Fatigue Damage in Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers for Aeronautical Applications Using HTS SQUID Magnetometer .................................................. 1231

M Valentino, C Bonavolontà, G Peluso, G P Pepe

Integrated SQUID Sensors for Low Cross-Talk Multichannel Systems .................................. 1235C Granata, A Vettoliere, M Luiso, M Russo

Front-end Assembly Optimization for High-Tc rf-SQUID Based Magnetic Field Imaging Systems........................................................................................................................... 1239

R Akram, M Fardmanesh, J Schubert, W Zander, M Banzet, D Lomparski, M Schmidt, H-J Krause

Development of a High-Tc SQUID-Based System for Neurophysiology Studies In-Vitro ................................................................................................................................................ 1243

Per Magnelind, Ed Tarte, Dag Winkler, Eric Hanse

SQUID Sensor with Additional Compensation Module for Operation in an AC Applied Field.................................................................................................................................. 1247

S Della Penna, F Cianflone, C Del Gratta, S N Erné, C Granata, A Pasquarelli, A Pentiricci, V Pizzella, M Russo, G L Romani

Performance of Open Cylindrical Magnetic Shield for Magnetocardiograph Using Low-Tc SQUIDs .............................................................................................................................. 1251

Yusuke Seki, Akihiko Kandori, Daisuke Suzuki, Mitsuru Ohnuma

SQUID-Based Bioassay with Magnetic Particles in Flow ......................................................... 1255M A Espy, C Carr, J H Sandin, C J Hanson, S G Daniels, A N Matlachov, S W Graves, M D Ward, R H Kraus Jr, S Fritz, D Leslie-Pelecky

Post Filtering Technique for High-Resolution Magnetic Image of an HTS Scanning SQUID Microscope........................................................................................................................ 1259

T Ishikawa, T Hayashi, H W Wang, H Itozaki, U Kawabe

Ultraviolet Laser SQUID Microscope for GaN Blue Light Emitting Diode Testing ................. 1263M Daibo, D Kamiwano, T Kurosawa, M Yoshizawa, N Tayama

Digitally Controlled High-Performance DC SQUID Readout Electronics for a 304-Channel Vector Magnetometer .................................................................................................... 1267

S Bechstein, F Petsche, M Scheiner, D Drung, F Thiel, A Schnabel, Th Schurig

Ultra-Low-Drift and Very Fast DC SQUID Readout Electronics ............................................... 1271N Oukhanski, R Stolz, H-G Meyer

A SQUID NDE System for the Investigation of Pinch Welds .................................................... 1275C Carr, M A Espy, A V Urbaitis, R H Kraus Jr

Three-Dimensional (3D) SQUID-NDE System with Freely Movable Operation ....................... 1279K Isawa, S Nakayama, M Ikeda, S Takagi, S Tosaka

Current-Step-like Structure in a YBCO Grain Boundary Josephson Junction Coupled to a Gigahertz Signal ..................................................................................................... 1283

Yoshinao Mizugaki, Jian Chen

Energy Resolution of Cryogenic Imaging Detectors................................................................. 1287Victor V Samedov

Feasibility of Electrical-Contact Free Measurement of the Response of Superconductive Bolometer Arrays Using the Thermal Crosstalk ......................................... 1291

Ali Bozbey, Mehdi Fardmanesh, Juergen Schubert, Marko Banzet

Terahertz Performance of Quasioptical Front-ends with a Hotelectron Bolometer .............. 1295A Semenov, H Richter, B Günther, H-W Hübers, J Karamarkovic

Superconducting Cold-Electron Bolometers with JFET Readout for OLIMPO Balloon Telescope ........................................................................................................................ 1299

Leonid Kuzmin, Phillip Mauskopf, Dmitry Golubev

Direct and Indirect Detection of Terahertz Waves Using a Nb-based Superconducting Tunnel Junction.............................................................................................. 1304

Chiko Otani, Ran Nakano, Tohru Taino, Takayuki Shibuya, Seiichiro Ariyoshi, Shota Yoshimura, Hiroaki Myoren, Hiromi Sato, Hirohiko M Shimizu, Susumu Takada, Kodo Kawase

A Double Junction Superconductive Detector Based on a Single Material ........................... 1308S Pagano, M Ejrnaes, C Nappi, R Cristiano, D Perez De Lara, M P Lisitskiy, E Esposito

Recombination Losses in STJ X-ray Detectors with Killed Electrode .................................... 1312V A Andrianov, L V Filippenko, V P Gorkov, V P Koshelets

Absolute Power Measurement with Transition Edge Sensors and SQUID Amplifier ............ 1316D Fukuda, N Zen, M Ohkubo, K Amemiya, S Kimura, M Ukibe, H Takahashi, M Nakazawa

Polyimide Buffer Layer for STJ Photon Detector ...................................................................... 1320T Taino, M Yoshida, M Narisawa, H Myoren, K Kikuchi, H Nakagawa, M Aoyagi, H Sato, H M Shimizu, S Takada

Classical and Josephson Detection of Terahertz Radiation Using YBa2Cu3O7-x [100]-tilt Bicrystal Junctions ........................................................................................................ 1323

Y Y Divin, D A Tkachev, V V Pavlovskii, O Y Volkov, M V Liatti, V N Gubankov, K Urban

Quasiparticles Injection Effects for Nb/Al/AlOx/Al/Nb Tunnel Junctions at 0.4K Using Stacked Josephson Junctions ......................................................................................... 1327

Hiroaki Myoren, Akiko Shigihara, Tohru Taino, Susumu Takada

Development of Low Subgap Current Nb/Al STJ Detectors..................................................... 1331S Maggi, A Agostino, C Cagliero, R Gonnelli, V Lacquaniti, P Verhoeve

Superconducting Single-Photon Detectors Designed for Operation at 1.55-µm Telecommunication Wavelength ................................................................................................. 1335

I Milostnaya, A Korneev, I Rubtsova, V Seleznev, O Minaeva, G Chulkova, O Okunev, B Voronov, K Smirnov, G Gol'tsman, W Slysz, M Wegrzecki, M Guziewicz, J Bar, M Gorska, A Pearlman, J Kitaygorsky, A Cross, Roman Sobolewski

Advanced Superconducting Optical Detectors ......................................................................... 1339D Perez de Lara, M Ejrnaes, S Pagano, M Lisitskiy, E Esposito, C Nappi, R Cristiano

Optically Activated High Tc Superconducting Microbolometer ............................................... 1343V Yefremenko, E Gordiyenko, G Shustakova, S D Bader, G Karapetrov, V Novosad

Unusual Nonlinear Dynamics Observed in NbN Superconducting Microwave Resonators .................................................................................................................................... 1347

Baleegh Abdo, Eran Segev, Oleg Shtempluck, Eyal Buks

Novel Method to Improve Power Handling Capability for Coplanar Waveguide High-Temperature Superconducting Filter................................................................................. 1351

K Satoh, D Koizumi, S Narahashi

A Cryogenic Front End for CDMA and UMTS Wireless Base Stations.................................... 1355H Piel, B Aminov, F Aminova, Cao Bisong, M Getta, S Kolesov, A Knack, J Mazierska, N Pupeter, Wei Bin, D Wehler, Zhang Xiaoping

HTS Microstrip Disk Resonator with an Upper Dielectric Layer for 4GHz .............................. 1359Kazunori Yamanaka, Manabu Kai, Akihiko Akasegawa, Teru Nakanishi

Developments of a Novel Impedance Matching Circuit for Electrically Small Antennas ........................................................................................................................................ 1363

K Yoshida, S Sakaguchi, S Oda, H Kanaya

Numerical Studies on the Collective Vortex Flow and RF Responses of the Intrinsic Josephson Junction with Periodic Potentials ............................................................ 1367

Y Yamada, Kensuke Nakajima, Koji Nakajima

Tests of Operating Conditions for Metrological Application of HTS Josephson Arrays ............................................................................................................................................. 1371

A Sosso, V Lacquaniti, D Andreone, R Cerri, A M Klushin

Fabrication of High-Speed Single Photon Detectors in NbN for Quantum Information Processing ................................................................................................................ 1374

J-C Villégier, B Delaet, Ph Feautrier, L Frey, C Delacour, V Bouchiat

Superconducting Submm Integrated Receiver for TELIS......................................................... 1378V P Koshelets, A B Ermakov, L V Filippenko, O V Koryukin, A V Khudchenko, A S Sobolev, M Yu Torgashin, P A Yagoubov, R W M Hoogeveen, W J Vreeling, W Wild, O M Pylypenko

Changing and Control of Harmonic Generation in Superconducting Films........................... 1382S S Tinchev

Development of Josephson Junction Series Arrays for Synthesis of AC Voltages and Arbitrary Waveforms ............................................................................................................. 1386

J Kohlmann, F Müller, R Behr, D Hagedorn, O Kieler, L Palafox, J Niemeyer

Characteristics of a Bulk High-Critical Temperature Superconductor Fabricated by the Shock Compaction Method: Possible Use As a Highly Sensitive Magnetic Sensor ............................................................................................................................................ 1390

H Fujita, Y Maeji, K Yamagata, M Itoh, H Kezuka, M Kikuchi, T Atou, M Kawasaki, K Fukuoka

Improvement of the Magnetic Shielding Effects by the Superposition of a Multi-Layered Ferromagnetic Cylinder Over an HTS Cylinder: Relationship Between the Shielding Effects and the Layer Number of the Ferromagnetic Cylinder ............................... 1394

K Yasui, Y Tarui, M Itoh

A Simple Circuit to Supply Constant Flux Biases for Superconducting Quantum Computing ..................................................................................................................................... 1398

Michael Wulf, Thomas A Ohki, Marc J Feldman

Superconducting System for Adiabatic Quantum Computing................................................. 1402V Corato, T Roscilde, B Ruggiero, C Granata, P Silvestrini

Vertical Josephson Interferometer for Tunable Flux Qubit ...................................................... 1406C Granata, A Vettoliere, M Lisitskiy, S Rombetto, M Russo, B Ruggiero, V Corato, R Russo, P Silvestrini

The Unharmonic DC SQUID Energy Level Splitting .................................................................. 1410Nikolai V Klenov, Victor K Kornev, Niels F Pedersen

Unshunted QOS Comparator for Qubit Readout ....................................................................... 1414Thomas A Ohki, Michael Wulf, Marc J Feldman, Mark F Bocko

Sub-Kelvin Single Flux Quantum Control Circuits and Multi-Chip Packaging for Supporting Superconducting Qubit............................................................................................ 1418

S Yorozu, T Miyazaki, V Semenov, Y Nakamura, Y Hashimoto, K Hinode, T Sato, Y Kameda, J S Tsai

Pulse Tube Refrigerator Cryostat with an Intrinsic Top-Loading System .............................. 1422T Koettig, S Moldenhauer, M Thürk, P Seidel

Generalized Parametric Analysis of Cryogenic Receiver System Deployment ..................... 1425Anna M Leese de Escobar, Deepnarayan Gupta, Shön Sloat, Harper J Whitehouse

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