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In-Situ Processing of Epitaxial and Textured High Tc Superconducting Hoba2Cu3O7.X Thin Films By Pulsed Laser Evaporation Technique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

C. B. Lee
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science and EngineeringN.C.State UniversityRaleigh, N.C. 27695‐7916
R. Prasad
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science and EngineeringN.C.State UniversityRaleigh, N.C. 27695‐7916
A. K. Singh
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science and EngineeringN.C.State UniversityRaleigh, N.C. 27695‐7916
S. Sharan
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science and EngineeringN.C.State UniversityRaleigh, N.C. 27695‐7916
R. K. Singh
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science and EngineeringN.C.State UniversityRaleigh, N.C. 27695‐7916
P. Tiwari
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science and EngineeringN.C.State UniversityRaleigh, N.C. 27695‐7916
J. Narayan
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science and EngineeringN.C.State UniversityRaleigh, N.C. 27695‐7916
O. W. Holland
Affiliation:
Solid State DivisonOakRidge National LaboratoryOakRidge.TN 37831
L. A. Boatner
Affiliation:
Solid State DivisonOakRidge National LaboratoryOakRidge.TN 37831
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Abstract

Excellent quality epitaxial and textured superconducting HoBa2Cu307.x (Ho 123) thin films have been fabricated on lattice matched (100) KTaO3 and (100) LaAlO3, and lattice mismatched (100) MgO substrates by the pulsed laser evaporation (PLE) technique. A bulk Hol23 target was evaporated using nanosecond excimer laser pulses with the evaporating material depositing on a substrate maintained in the temperature range of 550‐650°C. The temperature for zero resistance for HoBa2Cu3O7_x films deposited on various substrates at 650°C varied between 85 to 89K. The epitaxial films deposited on (100) LaA103 substrates exhibited critical current densities greater than 3.5 x 106 Amps/cm2 at 77 K. The superconducting properties of the Ho 123 films were found to be similar to Y123 films.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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