High field transport properties of MBE processed Fe-based superconducting thin films

It has been reported that Fe-based superconductors show high upper critical fields with low anisotropies at low temperatures. Hence these materials may offer a unique possibility for high field magnet applications. However, only a few reports on high-field transport properties of Co-doped Ba-122 and Fe(Se,Te) have been published and the only one for SmFeAs(O,F) thin films to date. In order to use this material class for applications, the knowledge of in-field and its orientation dependence of transport properties in a wide range of external fields need to be clarified. In this talk, I will report on high-field (up to dc 45 T) transport properties of P-doped Ba-122, SmFeAs(O,F) and NdFeAs(O,F) thin films prepared by MBE. Although P-doped Ba-122 has the lowest T_c, self-field J_c of over 6 MA/cm² at 4.2 K is recorded, which is the highest value ever reported in Fe-based superconductors. Additionally, in-field performance of P-doped Ba-122 shows comparable to those of NdFeAs(O,F) and SmFeAs(O,F) for Hc. On the other hand, both NdFeAs(O,F) and SmFeAs(O,F) exhibited higher J_c for H parallel ab due to the intrinsic pinning. These results indicate that P-doped Ba-122 is the most promising candidates for high-field magnet applications.