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Epitaxial Thin Films And Heterostrcutures of Various Isotropic Metallic Oxides for Device Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

C. B. Eom ,
Julia M. Phillips  and
R. J. Cava
C. B. Eom
Affiliation:
Duke University, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Durham, NC 27708 Work performed while at AT&T Bell Laboratories
Julia M. Phillips
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ 07974
R. J. Cava
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ 07974
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Abstract

We have grown epitaxial thin films of various isotropic metallic oxides such as Sr1-xCaxRuO3 and La8-xSrxCu8O2Oin situ by 90° off-axis sputtering. These metallic oxides are pseudo-cubic perovskites with essentially isotropic properties, which could be ideal normal metals for SNS junctions in superconducting devices and for electrodes in ferroelectric devices. We have fabricated epitaxial ferroelectric heterostructures [SrRuO3/Pb(Zr0. 52 Ti0.4 8) O3 /SrRuO3] employing isotropic metallic oxide (SrRuO3) electrodes on substrates of (100) SrTiO3 and (100) Si with an yttria stabilized zirconia buffer layer. They exhibit superior fatigue characteristics over those made with metal electrodes, showing little degradation over 10 cycles, with a large remnant polarization (27 μC/cm2 ). We have also grown epitaxial superconducting heterostructures (YBa2Cu3O7 / La8-xSrxCu8O2O / YBa2Cu3O7 ) with a copper-oxide-based isotropic metallic oxide (La8-xSrxCu8O20) normal metal barrier. X-ray diffraction and cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy reveal these heterostructures to have high crystalline quality and clean interfaces. This material will facilitate fabrication of ideal SNS Josephson junctions with low boundary resistance due to its excellent chemical compatibility and lattice match with cuprate superconductors and will be useful for determining the source of interface resistance in such heterostructures.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 341: Symposium F – Epitaxial Oxide Thin Films and Heterostructures , 1994 , 229
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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