Published April 15, 1986 | Version v1
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Be/BeO/Pb tunnel junctions with ion-beam-sputtered beryllium base electrodes

  • 1. Ibaraki Laboratories, NTT Electrical Communications Laboratories, Tokai-mura 162, Ibaraki 319-11, Japan

Description

Tunneling measurements were carried out to reveal superconducting properties of ion-beam-sputtered Be films with high T/sub c/'s of 7 K. Be/BeO/Pb tunnel junctions with ion-beam-sputtered Be base electrodes were constructed for the first time. It was observed that values of 2Δ(0)/kT/sub c/ were 3.1--3.5 for the Be films. These values suggest that ion-beam-sputtered Be films were weak coupling superconductors. It also turned out that BeO, the native oxide of the Be base electrodes, functioned as a good tunnel barrier with low leakage current

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Journal Title
J. Appl. Phys.
Journal Volume
59
Journal Issue
8
Series
J. Appl. Phys.
Journal Page Range
2988-2990
ISSN
0021-8979
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