Microwave properties of highly oriented YBa2Cu3O7−xthin films

Autor: George Grüner, Robert B. Hammond, D. Moffat, B. M. Lairson, F. Gamble, Hasan Padamsee, Charles T. Rogers, J. C. Bravman, R. Brown, J. Kirchgessner, M. S. Hegde, R. W. Simon, L. Nazar, X. D. Wu, A. Inam, V. Pendrick, Q.S. Shu, D. Rubin, K. Daly, T. Venkatesan, Aly E. Fathy, D. Kalokitis, B. Brycki, L. Drabeck, E. Belohoubek
Rok vydání: 1990
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Zdroj: Applied Physics Letters. 56:1178-1180
ISSN: 1077-3118
0003-6951
DOI: 10.1063/1.103331
Popis: We have performed intra‐ and extra‐cavity microwave frequency (1–100 GHz) measurements on high quality Y1Ba2Cu3O7−x superconducting thin films on (100) LaAlO3 substrates. The ∼0.3 μm thin films fabricated by the pulsed laser deposition technique exhibit superconducting transition temperatures >90 K, as determined by resistivity and ac susceptibility measurements, and critical current densities of 5×106 A/cm2 at 77 K. Moreover, ion beam channeling minimum yields of ∼3% were measured, indicating the extremely high crystalline quality of films grown on the LaAlO3 substrate. Microwave surface resistance values at 77 K for these films are found to be more than one to two orders of magnitude lower than for copper at 77 K for almost the entire frequency range explored. We postulate that the reason we observe such low surface resistances in these films is the virtual absence of grain and phase boundaries coupled with the high degree of crystallinity. Furthermore, we believe that the residual resistance measured b...
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