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Conductive Micro-Paths for Current Sharing Between REBCO Tapes in High-Tc Superconducting Conductors to Improve Stability
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on. 32(6):1-4 Sep, 2022
Subject
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Conductors
Sputtering
High-temperature superconductors
Voltage measurement
Thermal stability
Buffer layers
Substrates
Current sharing
high-temperature superconductor (HTS)
HTS cable
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Language
ISSN
1051-8223
1558-2515
2378-7074
Abstract
The REBa 2 Cu 3 O y (REBCO, RE: Rare Earth) is expected to be applied to fusion magnets, and various REBCO conductors with a high current capacity has been developed for the fusion magnets by stacking the REBCO tapes. A disadvantage of REBCO conductors is that the buffer layer prevents current sharing between the tapes, reducing conductor stability. In this study, we propose conductive micro-paths where the current is shared between the REBCO tapes in order to improve the stability of conductors. We fabricated the conductive micro-paths in REBCO tapes by using a UV pulsed laser and an Ag sputtering method, and evaluated them. Furthermore, we investigated the current sharing between tapes at 77 K with two REBCO tapes with conductive micro-paths. As a result, in REBCO tapes with conductive micro-paths, the current was shared through these paths between the REBCO tapes at $1.1 < I/{I_{\bf{c}}} < 1.15$ and was successfully bypassed the damaged area.