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Superconducting Superlattice Structures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

John L. Makous
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721
John A. Leavitt
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721
Laurence C. Mcintyre Jr.
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721
Luigi Maritato
Affiliation:
INFN-LNF, Via E. Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
Ruggero Vaglio
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Salerno, 84100 Salerno, Italy
Annamaria Cucolo
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Salerno, 84100 Salerno, Italy
Charles M. Falco
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721
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Abstract

Superlattice superconductors exhibit behavior different from other “homogeneous” superconductors because of their layered structures. Sputtering has proved to be an excellent technique for producing such multilayered systems. Also, systems naturally having layered structures, such as the new high-Tc materials, can be fabricated by sputtering. Here we describe the preparation of superconducting superlattices by dc triode sputtering and techniques useful for characterizing them. In particular, we discuss Mo/Ta superconducting superlattices and high Tc thin films of YBa2Cu3O7-x.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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