| Contributors to Vol.43 | v |
| Future volumes planned | vii |
| Contents of earlier volumes | ix |
| Preface | xi |
| Chapter-1 | Effects of Mechanical Deformation and Thermal Treatment on Microstructure of Bscco Superconductors | |
| Introduction | 1 |
| Effects of mechanical deformation on the phase transformation of Bi2223 | 3 |
| Phase distribution across the depth of oxide cores | 5 |
| Effects of mechanical deformation on grain size with phase transformation | 6 |
| Mechanisms of mechanical deformation effects on phase transformation | 7 |
| Effects of mechanical deformation and phase transformation on grain alignment in Bi2223 tapes | 9 |
| Effects of mechanical deformation and recrystallization on grain alignment in Bi2223 tapes | 11 |
| Grain size of Bi2223 and recrystallization treatments | 16 |
| Fracture behaviors and grain alignment mechanisms of polycrystalline Bi2223 oxides in mechanical deformation | 17 |
| Effects of Mechanical deformation on the lattice distortion and grain thickness of Bi2223 oxides | 23 |
| Texturing kinetics and grain growth behavior of the recrystallized Bi2223 oxide | 28 |
| Characteristics of micro-texture and meso-txture in Bi2223 superconducting tapes subjected to mechanical deformation and phase transformation | 34 |
| References | 41 |
| Chapter-2 | Atomic Scale Investigation of Grain Boundaries and Defects in Bi-2223/Ag Tapes by Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy | |
| Introduction | 45 |
| Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) | 46 |
| Bi-2223 Phase | 47 |
| Dislocations, stacking faults and intergrowth | 50 |
| Grain boundaries | 52 |
| Concluding remarks | 61 |
| References | 61 |
| Chapter-3 | Fabrication of Bi-2223/Ag Tapes by Controlling Partial Melting Temperature and Cooling Rate | |
| Introduction | 63 |
| Bi-2223/Ag tape processing by the CCS method | 65 |
| Short tapes prepared by the CCS process | 67 |
| Enhancement of sintering processing window | 81 |
| One meter long tapes prepared by the CCS method | 82 |
| Fundamental of partial melting process | 83 |
| Summary | 89 |
| References | 90 |
| Chapter-4 | Studies on the Anomalous Magnetization Peak of Bi[subscript 2]Sr[subscript 2]CaCu[subscript 2]O[subscript 8+[delta] and (Bi,Pb)[subscript 2]Sr[subscript 2]CaCu[subscript 2]O[subscript 8+[delta] Single Crystals | |
| Introduction | 95 |
| Sample preparation and experimental technique | 96 |
| Anomalous magnetization peak of Bi-2212 single crystals | 97 |
| Anomalous magnetization peak of (Bi,Pb)-2212 single crystals | 100 |
| Dynamic moment relaxation measurement in the vicinity of the anomalous magnetization peak of (Bi,Pb)-2212 single crystals | 108 |
| Conclusion | 114 |
| References | 116 |
| Chapter-5 | Dynamics of Two-Dimensional Josephson Junction Arrays | |
| Introduction | 119 |
| Dynamics of JJA | 124 |
| Vortex dynamics | 126 |
| Linear response of a JJA | 129 |
| Theoretical techniques for calculating dynamic vortex response function | 135 |
| Disorder effects | 142 |
| Theoretical description of experiments probing equilibrium dynamics | 144 |
| Experimental data | 148 |
| Theoretical results | 155 |
| Driven arrays: dynamics far from equilibrium | 161 |
| Miscellaneous | 162 |
| References | 164 |
| Chapter-6 | Small-Capacitance Josephson Junctions: One Dimensional Arrays and Single Junctions | |
| Introduction | 173 |
| Experiment | 175 |
| Superconductor-insulator transition in one--dimensional arrays | 177 |
| Coulomb blockade in single junctions | 183 |
| Conclusions | 191 |
| References | 193 |
| Chapter-7 | Barrier Structure and Electrical Properties of Interface-Modified Josephson Junctions | |
| Introduction | 195 |
| RHEED and TEM observation | 197 |
| Interface-modified ramp-edge junction properties | 206 |
| Summary | 222 |
| References | 224 |
| Chapter-8 | Paramagnetic Meissner Effect in Granular Superconductors Studied Through the Magnetic Properties of 2D-Josephson Junction Arrays | |
| Introduction: JJA and granularity | 227 |
| Magnetic response of granular superconductors and JJA | 231 |
| Numerical simulations of the magnetic behavior of JJA | 237 |
| PME in granular superconducting systems | 239 |
| Experimental and numerical results | 241 |
| Summary | 252 |
| References | 252 |
| Chapter-9 | Low-Noise Quasi-Optical Superconducting Mixer Based on Niobium Nitride for Submillimeter Wavelengths | |
| Introduction | 255 |
| Submillimeter wave SIS mixers based on NbN | 257 |
| Terahertz HEB mixer based on NbN | 287 |
| Conclusion | 293 |
| References | 295 |
| Subject Index | 299 |
