Radiative properties of superconducting Y-Ba-Cu-O thin films

Patrick Phelan, C. L. Tien, M. I. Flik

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Abstract

Some applications of thin-film high-temperature superconductors such as bolometers, radiation shielding, and space-cooled electronics, require knowledge of the superconducting-state radiative properties. At present, no general predictive model of the radiative properties has been presented. In this work, reflectance predictions based on two of the major theories of the superconducting state, the classical Drude-London theory and the quantum-mechanical Mattis-Bardeen theory, are compared with the available experimental data to determine the best method for predicting the radiative properties of thin-film Y-Ba-Cu-O. It is seen that the Mattis-Bardeen theory is more successful than the Drude-London theory in predicting the reflectance. Consequently, approximate formulae for the Mattis-Bardeen theory are developed, thus enhancing the theory's usefulness for engineering calculations.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD
EditorsJ.G. Geogiadis, J.Y. Murthy
PublisherPubl by ASME
Pages1-8
Number of pages8
Volume137
StatePublished - 1990
Externally publishedYes
EventParallel and Vector Computation in Heat Transfer - Presented at AIAA/ASME Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference - Seattle, WA, USA
Duration: Jun 18 1990Jun 20 1990

Other

OtherParallel and Vector Computation in Heat Transfer - Presented at AIAA/ASME Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference
CitySeattle, WA, USA
Period6/18/906/20/90

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
  • Mechanical Engineering

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