Structure of Magnetic Fields in High Temperature Superconductors with Columnar Defects

Superconductivity is expected to invade our daily life shortly. Technology involving the application of superconductivity will soon be found in different instruments, devices and machinery using a new family of high-temperature superconductors (HTS) where the critical temperature below which the material becomes superconductor has been raised to around half of room temperature. An essential issue that needs to accompany the spread of use of superconductivity is the development of NDE tools that can be used for such new technology.