Published October 28, 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

Growth and structural analysis of GdBa2Cu3O7 superconducting thin films on MgO single-crystal substrates

  • 1. Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 603, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China, and Structure Research Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026 (People's Republic of China)
  • 2. Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 603, Beijing 100080 (People's Republic of China)
  • 3. Structure Research Laboratory, University of Science ampersand Technology of China, Hefei 230026 (People's Republic of China)
  • 4. National Laboratory for Superconductivity, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 603, Beijing 100080 (People's Republic of China)

Description

Thin films of GdBa2Cu3O7 superconductor were grown in situ on MgO single-crystal substrates under different substrate temperatures (Ts). When Ts=800 degree C, the films were epitaxially grown with the c axis perpendicular to the film surface. The growth quality was very good, but the zero resistance critical temperature (Tc0) was only 85 K and the transition width (ΔTc) was 1.5 K. When Ts=670 degree C, some of the films were epitaxially grown with the c axis perpendicular to the film surface. Some were mainly c axis oriented with a small amount of (110) and a-axis orientation. The growth quality was relatively poor, but they had Tc0 of 89--91 K and ΔTc of 0.6--1 K

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Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
59
Journal Issue
18
Series
Appl. Phys. Lett.
Journal Page Range
2320-2322
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLA