Published July 20, 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

Metalorganic deposition of high critical current thin films in the Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O system on {100} LaAlO3 substrates

  • 1. Department of Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106 (United States)
  • 3. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)

Description

Superconducting thin films of the two Cu-layer phase in the Pb-doped Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O system have been fabricated on {100} LaAlO3 single crystals by the metalorganic deposition from ethyl hexanoate precursors. Thin films given heat treatments in air at 850--860 degree C had resistive transitions with a Tc of 86--89 K. The zero-field transport critical current densities were in the range of 2--4x105 A/cm-2 at 77 K and 106 A cm-2 at 45 K in 200--300-nm-thick films. In contrast to c-axis oriented films grown on {100} MgO, x-ray pole figures show that the films grown on {100} LaAlO3 are epitaxial, a result confirmed by electron channeling patterns

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Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
61
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 351-353.
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLAB