Thermal expansion coefficients of high-T c superconductor substrate NdGaO3 single crystal

Abstract
We report the temperature dependence of lattice constants for a NdGaO3 single crystal grown by the Czochralski method and thermal expansion coefficients which were obtained for the first time. Lattice mismatch between the NdGaO3 substrate and YBa2Cu3Ox superconducting film is 0.27% at elevated temperatures and the appropriate expansivities are similar. The crystalline quality of deposited YBa2Cu3Ox films on NdGaO3 by the laser ablation method was extremely good. NdGaO3 is, therefore, an excellent candidate for epitaxial high‐Tc superconducting films.