Abstract:We have fabricated the large single domain YBaCuO bulk superconductors by using multiseeding technique combined with composition gradient in the precursor. Obviously, the growth time can be shortened by multiseeding method and the weak links between grain boundaries originated from different seeds can be also overcome with introducing the chemical component gradient and arranging the seeds exactly. For these YBCO disks, only single peak occurs in the distributions of trapped field, and the magnetic levitation force is equal to that of the same size sample fabricated with single seed. Although the arrangement of seeds is similar, the distribution of trapped field still shows four peaks for the sample without composition gradient.
