Growth of cuprate high temperature superconductor thin films

This paper reviews briefly the development of physical vapour deposition based high temperature superconductors thin film preparation technologies to today's state-of-the-art methods. It covers the main trends of in-situ process and growth control. The current activities to fabricate tapes for power applications as well as to tailor interfaces in cuprate are described. Some future trends in high temperature superconductors thin film research, both for science as well as application driven activities are outlined