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Pulsed laser deposition of thin superconducting films of Ho1Ba2Cu3O7 − x and Y1Ba2Cu3O7 − x

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Thin films of Ho1Ba2Cu3O7 − x and Y1Ba2Cu3O7 − x were deposited on SrTiO3 and Al2O3, substrates by pulsed laser deposition of high-Tc bulk superconductor pellets in vacuum. Following annealing in O2 at 800–900 °C the films were superconducting with typical Tc (50%) = 89 K and transition widths of 10 K. Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS) and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) were utilized to study the stoichiometry of the as-deposited films for laser energy, densities between 0.11 and 4.5 J cm−2. The films were deficient in holmium and yttrium for energy densities below 0.6 and 0.4 J cm −2, respectively. The films were stoichiometric for fluences above 0.6 J cm−2. In addition, preliminary time dependence and spectroscopic observations of the laser-produced plasma are presented. The results indicate an ablation mechanism that at high energy densities preserves stoichiometry. TEM and x-ray characterization of annealed, superconducting Ho1Ba2Cu3O7 − x films on (100) SrTiO3 showed mixed regions of epitaxially oriented 1:2:3 material with either the c axis or a axis oriented along the surface normal. The a-axis-oriented material grew preferentially in the films with b, c, twinning.

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    D. B. Geohegan, D. N. Mashburn, R. J. Culbertson, S. J. Pennycook, J. D. Budai, R. E. Valiga, B. C. Sales, D. H. Lowndes, L. A. Boatner, E. Sonder, D. Eres, D. K. Christen & W. H. Christie

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Geohegan, D.B., Mashburn, D.N., Culbertson, R.J. et al. Pulsed laser deposition of thin superconducting films of Ho1Ba2Cu3O7 − x and Y1Ba2Cu3O7 − x. Journal of Materials Research 3, 1169–1179 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1988.1169

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