Epitaxial superconducting thin films of YBa2Cu3O7−x on KTaO3 single crystals
- 13 March 1989
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 54 (11) , 1063-1065
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.101426
Abstract
We have grown thin YBa2Cu3O7−x films on single‐crystal (001) KTaO3 substrates by means of coevaporation of Y, BaF2, and Cu, followed by an ex situ anneal in wet oxygen. The films are epitaxial in three dimensions, consisting of grains with either the c or the a axis of the YBa2Cu3O7−x unit cell perpendicular to the substrate. Films with a composition close to the 1:2:3 cation ratio exhibit sharp superconducting transitions at 90 K and critical current densities in excess of 0.3 MA/cm2 in zero magnetic field at 77 K. In Cu‐rich films, the Y2Ba4Cu8O16–x phase with a Tc of 80 K is formed in grains with the c axis perpendicular to the substrate.Keywords
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