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Pulsed Laser Deposition of High Tc Superconducting Thin Films: Deposition Physics and in-Situ Processing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Rajiv K. Singh  and
J. Narayan
Rajiv K. Singh
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695–7916
J. Narayan
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695–7916
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Abstract

The pulsed laser evaporation (PLE) technique for deposition of thin films is characterized by a number of unique properties. Based on the experimental characteristics, a theoretical model is developed which considers the formation and anisotropic three dimensional expansion of the laser generated plasma. This model explains most of the experimental features observed in PLE. We have also employed the PLE technique for in-situ fabrication of YBa2Cu3O7 superconducting thin films on different substrates in the temperature range of 500–650°C. At temperatures below 600–C, a biased interposing ring between the substrate and the target was found to significantly improve the superconducting properties. The minimum ion channeling yields were between 3-3.5 % for films deposited on (100) SrTiO3 and (100) LaA1O3 substrates. The films exhibit very high critical current densities (Jc) with maximum values exceeding 6.5 x 106 amps/cm2 for silver doped YBa2Cu3O7 films on (100) LaA1O3 substrates, and the Jc also varies anisotropically with the magnetic field.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 169: Symposium M – High Temperature Superconductors: Fundamental Properties and Novel Materials Processing , 1989 , 423
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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