Fig. 5: Comparison of XANES spectra for pristine, Ar-annealed, He+-irradiated and post-irradiation oxygen-annealed coated conductor samples.

a, b Show spectra for angles of incidence of 80° (\(\hat{E}| |\)c) and 10° (\(\hat{E}| |\)a/b), respectively. c, d Give the corresponding difference spectra, relative to the pristine sample. An additional peak in the \(\hat{E}| | a/b\) spectrum of the Ar-annealed sample is indicated with a blue arrow.