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Microstrucrure and Properties of In-Situ R. F. Sputtered YBa2Cu3O7−x Thin Films for Microwave Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

David W. Reagor ,
Margarita E. Piza ,
Robert J. Houlton ,
Fernando H. Garzon ,
Marilyn Hawley  and
Ian D. Raistrick
David W. Reagor
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545.
Margarita E. Piza
Affiliation:
Dept. Materials Science, Massachussetts Institute of Technology
Robert J. Houlton
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545.
Fernando H. Garzon
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545.
Marilyn Hawley
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545.
Ian D. Raistrick
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545.
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Abstract

The residual surface resistance of a number of films of YBa2Cu3O7−x, prepared by off-axis sputtering onto MgO substrates, has been measured using a parallel-plate resonator technique. Deposition conditions were kept constant, apart from the substrate temperature. There is no correlation between surface resistance and other important microscopic parameters, such as Tc and c-axis lattice parameter. There is, however, a trend to higher Rs with increasing volume fraction of in-plane misoriented material, although the correlation is not perfect. Furthermore, we have found that most of the misoriented material is localized at the film substrate interface and, therefore, is probably not responsible for most of the RF losses. The data suggest that at higher deposition temperatures, there is an increasing tendency for 45° misoriented material to appear in the films, and a significant fraction of this material may be present closer to the free film surface. Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) qualitatively supports this conclusion.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 275: Symposium S – Layered Superconductors: Fabrication, Properties and Applications , 1992 , 513
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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