Influence of H charging on ion-beam irradiation effects in Y-Ba-Cu-O superconducting thin films

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Irradiation studies on H-charged Y-Ba-Cu-O films were performed for the first time. Samples, produced by laser ablation, were charged by H and irradiated successively at low temperature with 7 MeV 15N ions. In situ resistivity measurements were carried out below 100 K after each irradiation step. To determine the H concentration the nuclear reaction 1H(15N, αγ)12C was used. For all samples (with different H concentration) an almost linear correlation between fluence and decrease of the critical temperature (T c ) was found. Changes in T c with increasing H-concentration show, that H makes Y-Ba-Cu-O superconductor films more sensitive to heavy ion irradiation.