Direct fabrication of high-quality ring-shaped REBa2Cu3Oy bulk magnets by the Single-Direction Melt Growth (SDMG) method

Ring-shaped REBa2Cu3Oy melt-textured bulks have been successfully grown by the Single-Direction Melt Growth (SDMG) method, which enables the direct fabrication of uniform bulks with high reproducibility. Three homogeneous DyBa2Cu3Oy ring-bulks with various sizes were synthesized in this study. All of these bulks exhibited concentrically cone-shaped trapped field distribution on the surface and high trapped field more than 1.8 T at 77 K inside the ring, the highest among bulks of comparable size to date. Furthermore, superconducting properties such as superconducting transitions and critical current densities are highly uniform throughout the bulk, confirming the effectiveness of the SDMG approach. Our findings represent a significant advancement in the direct fabrication of high-quality ring-shaped REBCO bulks suitable for high magnetic field applications, in particular, compact nuclear magnetic resonance systems.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figuers, 1 tabl

Development of homogeneous and high-performance REBCO bulks with flexibility in shapes by the single-direction melt growth (SDMG) method

We have developed a single-direction melt growth method in which REBCO melt-textured bulks grow only vertically from a seed plate utilizing the difference in peritectic temperatures of REBCO. Entirely c-grown YBCO, DyBCO and GdBCO bulks with various sizes and shapes were successfully fabricated with high reproducibility. Disk-shaped bulks showed high trapped fields with almost concentric field distributions, reflecting homogeneous and boundaryless bulky crystal. In particular, a YBCO bulk with a 32 mm diameter trapped a high field more than 1 T at 77 K. Furthermore, rectangular and joined hexagonal REBCO bulks were successfully fabricated, showing designed field-trapping distributions reflecting their shapes through well-connected superconducting joints among bulks.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures, 2 table