USING HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING LEADS IN A MAGNETIC FIELD

Abstract

HTS leads are increasingly used on superconducting magnets. In most cases the magnet leads are shielded from the magnetic field by iron or the magnet is actively shielded, so that the stray field at HTS leads is low. There are magnets where the HTS leads must be located in a magnetic field. The two general types of HTS leads that are commercially available are either leads fabricated from bulk HTS materials or leads fabricated from oriented HTS materials that have one or two planes of favorable current density. This paper will discuss how two types of leads are affected by magnetic field. The warm end temperature of the HTS lead is a key lead performance factor.