Electrical, Mechanical, Computing and/or Other Devices Formed of High Temperature Superconducting Materials
Electrical, mechanical, computing, and/or other devices that include components formed of high temperature superconducting (HTS) materials, including, but not limited to, modified HTS materials, layered HTS materials, and new HTS materials, are described.
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7 . An electrical device, comprising:
a component formed at least in part of a modified high temperature superconducting (HTS) material, wherein the modified HTS material comprises:
a layer of a first HTS material, the first HTS material having a crystalline structure, the first HTS material having a principal axis extending along an a-axis of its crystalline structure; and
a layer of a second HTS material immediately adjacent to and on top of the layer of the first HTS material, the second HTS material also having a crystalline structure, the second HTS material having a principal axis extending along an a-axis of its crystalline structure,
wherein the first HTS material and the second HTS material are different from one another.
8 . The electrical device of claim 7 , wherein the first HTS material and the second HTS material are different forms of the same HTS material.
9 . The electrical device of claim 8 , wherein the first HTS material comprises the same HTS material with a first stoichiometry and the second HTS material comprises the same HTS material with a second stoichiometry different from the first stoichiometry.
10 . The electrical device of claim 7 , wherein the first HTS material comprises YBCO and the second HTS material comprises NBCO.
11 . The electrical device of claim 7 , wherein the a-axis of the crystalline structure of the first layer of HTS material is parallel to the a-axis of the crystalline structure of the second layer of HTS material.
12 . A computing device, comprising:
a component formed at least in part of a modified high temperature superconducting (HTS) material, wherein the modified HTS material comprises:
a layer of a first HTS material, the first HTS material having a crystalline structure, the first HTS material having a principal axis extending along an a-axis of its crystalline structure; and
a layer of a second HTS material immediately adjacent to and on top of the layer of the first HTS material, the second HTS material also having a crystalline structure, the second HTS material having a principal axis extending along an a-axis of its crystalline structure,
wherein the first HTS material and the second HTS material are different from one another.
13 . The computing device of claim 12 , wherein the first HTS material and the second HTS material are different forms of the same HTS material.
14 . The computing device of claim 13 , wherein the first HTS material comprises the same HTS material with a first stoichiometry and the second HTS material comprises the same HTS material with a second stoichiometry different from the first stoichiometry.
15 . The computing device of claim 12 , wherein the first HTS material comprises YBCO and the second HTS material comprises NBCO.
16 . The computing device of claim 12 , wherein the a-axis of the crystalline structure of the first layer of HTS material is parallel to the a-axis of the crystalline structure of the second layer of HTS material.
17 . A mechanical device, comprising:
a component formed at least in part of a modified high temperature superconducting (HTS) material, wherein the modified HTS material comprises:
a layer of a first HTS material, the first HTS material having a crystalline structure, the first HTS material having a principal axis extending along an a-axis of its crystalline structure; and
a layer of a second HTS material immediately adjacent to and on top of the layer of the first HTS material, the second HTS material also having a crystalline structure, the second HTS material having a principal axis extending along an a-axis of its crystalline structure,
wherein the first HTS material and the second HTS material are different from one another.
18 . The mechanical device of claim 17 , wherein the first HTS material and the second HTS material are different forms of the same HTS material.
19 . The mechanical device of claim 18 , wherein the first HTS material comprises the same HTS material with a first stoichiometry and the second HTS material comprises the same HTS material with a second stoichiometry different from the first stoichiometry.
20 . The mechanical device of claim 17 , wherein the first HTS material comprises YBCO and the second HTS material comprises NBCO.
21 . The mechanical device of claim 17 , wherein the a-axis of the crystalline structure of the first layer of HTS material is parallel to the a-axis of the crystalline structure of the second layer of HTS material.