Microwave losses and structural properties of large-area YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7/ films on r-cut sapphire buffered with [001]/(111) oriented CeO/sub 2

Autor: G. Ockenfuss, R. Kutzner, Roger Wördenweber, T. Konigs, Nigel Klein, A.G. Zaitsev, C. Zuccaro
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: IEEE Transactions on Appiled Superconductivity. 7:1482-1485
ISSN: 1051-8223
Popis: YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7-x/ thin films were prepared on 2 inch in diameter (11_02) sapphire substrates buffered with CeO/sub 2/ layer of mixed [001]/(111) orientation. The thickness of the YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7-x/ films was typically /spl sim/250 nm. The YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7-x/ thin films exhibited smooth surfaces (peak-to-valley roughness of less than 20 nm) free of cracks and outgrowths. The critical temperatures of these films were 87-89 K, the critical current densities (2-3).10/sup 6/ A/cm/sup 2/ at 77 K and zero magnetic field. The low field microwave surface resistance (R/sub S/) of the YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7-x/ films was measured at 18.7 GHz. Values of /spl sim/1.4 m/spl Omega/ were obtained at 77 K and
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