Effect of ion irradiation on the properties of high-temperature oxide superconductors
Antonenko S. V. , Bezotosnyi I. Yu., Grigor'ev A. I. , Degtyarenko N. N. , Evstigneev V. V. , Elesin V. F. , Zhuchkov V. E. , Zakharchenko I. V. , Molchanov A. S. , Shavkin, A. I. Golovashkin, S. I. Krasnosvobodtsev S. V. , Pechen' E. V.
YBa2Cu307 „ y films fabricated by laser sputtering were irradiated by 6.7-MeV He+ + ions. The superconducting and structural characteristics of the films were found to change as a result of irradiation. These films are much more sensitive to irradiation than the Nb3Sn films.