Growth and transport properties of Y-Ba-Cu-O/Pr-Ba-Cu-O superlattices

Douglas H. Lowndes; David P. Norton; J. D. Budai; D. K. Christen; C. E. Klabunde; R. J. Warmack; Stephen J. Pennycook

doi:10.1117/12.25741

1 March 1991 Growth and transport properties of Y-Ba-Cu-O/Pr-Ba-Cu-O superlattices

Douglas H. Lowndes, David P. Norton, J. D. Budai, D. K. Christen, C. E. Klabunde, R. J. Warmack, Stephen J. Pennycook

Proceedings Volume 1394, Progress In High-Temperature Superconducting Transistors and Other Devices; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.25741
Event: Processing Integration, 1990, Santa Clara, CA, United States

Abstract

The pulsed-laser deposition method has been used to fabricate epitaxial, nonsymmetric M(Y) x N(Pr) superlattices in which YBa2Cu3O7 (YBCO) layers either M = 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, or 16 c-axis unit cells thick are separated by insulating PrBa2Cu3O7 (PBCO) layers N unit cells thick (N = I to -32). The zero-resistance superconducting transition temperature, Tc0, initially decreases rapidly with increasing PBCO layer thickness, but then saturates at TcO 19 K, 54 K, 71 K, or 80 K, for structures containing 1-, 2-, 3-, or 4-cell-thick YBCO layers, respectively. Critical current density measurements carried out on structures with 16- or 32-cell thick YBCO layers show that the magnitude of Jc(H 0) 12 MA/cm2, as well as the magnetic field dependence and the anisotropy of Jc(H) all are in good agreement with corresponding measurements on thicker, single-layer YBCO films. Thus, there is no evidence of an enhanced Jc(H) due to the multi-layered structure, for the layer thicknesses investigated to date. The systematic variation of Tc0, as a function of the YBCO and PBCO layer thicknesses, is discussed in light of other recent experiments and theoretical model calculations. The superlattices' structural and compositional order are characterized using x-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and scanning tunneling microscopy, and details of the pulsed-laser deposition process are reported.

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Douglas H. Lowndes, David P. Norton, J. D. Budai, D. K. Christen, C. E. Klabunde, R. J. Warmack, and Stephen J. Pennycook "Growth and transport properties of Y-Ba-Cu-O/Pr-Ba-Cu-O superlattices", Proc. SPIE 1394, Progress In High-Temperature Superconducting Transistors and Other Devices, (1 March 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.25741

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