2nd Edition
Handbook of Superconductivity Processing and Cryogenics, Volume Two
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Editors-in-Chief
Contributors
PART E Processing
E1 Introduction to Processing Methods
Kazumasa Iida
E2 Introduction to Section E2: Bulk Materials
Kazumasa Iida
E2.1 Introduction to Bulk Firing Techniques
Mark O. Rikel and Frank N. Werfel
E2.2 (RE)BCO Melt Processing Techniques: Fundamentals of the Melt Process
Yunhua Shi and David A. Cardwell
E2.3 Melt Processing Techniques: Melt Processing for BSCCO
Jun-ichi Shimoyama
E2.4 Growth of Superconducting Single Crystals
Debra L. Kaiser and Lynn F. Schneemeyer
E2.5 Growth of A15 Type Single Crystals and Polycrystals and Their Physical Properties
René Flükiger
E2.6 Irradiation
Harald W. Weber
E2.7 Superconductors in Future Accelerators: Irradiation Problems
René Flükiger, Tiziana Spina, Francesco Cerutti, Amalia Ballarino, and Luca Bottura
E3 Introduction to Section E3: Processing of Wires and Tapes
Jianyi Jiang
E3.1 Processing of High Tc Conductors: The Compound Bi-2212
Jianyi Jiang and Eric E. Hellstrom
E3.2 Processing of High Tc Conductors: The Compound Bi,Pb(2223)
Kenichi Sato
E3.3 Highlights on Tl(1223)
Athena Safa Sefat
E3.4 Processing of High Tc Conductors: The Compound YBCO
Judith L. MacManus-Driscoll
E3.5 Processing of High Tc Conductors: The Compound Hg(1223)
Ayako Yamamoto
E3.6 Overview of High Field LTS Materials (Without Nb3Sn)
René Flükiger
E3.7 Processing of Low Tc Conductors: The Alloy Nb–Ti
Lance D. Cooley, Peter J. Lee, and David C. Larbalestier
E3.8 Processing of Low Tc Conductors: The Compound Nb3Sn
Ian Pong
E3.9 Processing of Low Tc Conductors: The Compound Nb3Al
Takao Takeuchi, Akihiro Kikuchi, Nobuya Banno, and Yasuo Iijima
E3.10 Processing of Low Tc Conductors: The Compounds PbMo6S8 and SnMo6S8
Bernd Seeber
E3.11 Processing of Low Tc Conductors: The Compound MgB2
Akiyasu Yamamoto and René Flükiger
E3.12 Processing Pnictide Superconductors
Jeremy D. Weiss and Eric E. Hellstrom
E4 Introduction to Section E4: Thick and Thin Films
François Weiss and Michael Lorenz
E4.1 Substrates and Functional Buffer Layers
Bernhard Holzapfel and Jörg Wiesmann
E4.2 Physical Vapor Thin-Film Deposition Techniques
Roger Wördenweber
E4.3 Chemical Deposition Processes for REBa2Cu3O7 Coated Conductors
François Weiss and Carmen Jimenez
E4.4 High Temperature Superconductor Films: Processing Techniques
Paul Seidel and Volker Tympel
E4.5 Processing and Manufacture of Josephson Junctions: Low-Tc
Sergey K. Tolpygo, Thomas Schurig, and Johannes Kohlmann
E4.6 Processing and Manufacture of Josephson Junctions: High-Tc
Aleksander I. Braginski and Brian H. Moeckly
E5 Introduction to Section E5: Superconductor Contacts
Kazumasa Iida
E5.1 Superconductor to Normal-Metal Contacts
Jack W. Ekin
E5.2 Resistive High Current Splices
Christian Scheuerlein
E5.3 Persistent Mode Joints
Susie Speller, Timothy Davies, and Chris Grovenor
PART F Refrigeration Methods
F1 Introduction to Part F: Refrigeration Methods
Ray Radebaugh
F1.1 Review of Refrigeration Methods
Ray Radebaugh
F1.2 Pulse Tube Cryocoolers
John M. Pfotenhauer and Xiaoqin Zhi
F1.3 Gifford–McMahon Cryocoolers
Mingyao Xu and Ralph Longsworth
F1.4 Microcooling
Marcel ter Brake and Haishan Cao
F1.5 Cooling with Liquid Helium
John M. Pfotenhauer
Glossary
Index
Biography
David A. Cardwell, David C. Larbalestier, Aleksander Braginski
