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Epitaxial cerium oxide buffer layers and YBa2Cu3O7−δ thin films for microwave device applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Sissel N. Jacobsen ,
Lynnette D. Madsen  and
Ulf Helmersson
Sissel N. Jacobsen
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Linköping University, S-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
Lynnette D. Madsen
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Linköping University, S-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
Ulf Helmersson
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Linköping University, S-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
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Abstract

CeO2 films with thicknesses ranging from 8.8 to 199 nm were grown on Al2O3 (1102) (R-cut) substrates by off-axis rf magnetron sputtering. X-ray diffraction showed an epitaxial relationship with the CeO2 (001) planes parallel to the Al2O3 (1102) planes for all film thicknesses. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) revealed a rough surface morphology consisting of crystallites with lateral dimensions of 10–90 nm. In the thinnest film, these crystallites were regularly shaped and uniformly distributed on the substrate, while they were rectangularly shaped and oriented mainly in two directions, orthogonal to each other, in the thicker films. The surface roughness of the films increased with increasing layer thickness. Characterization of the microstructure was done by cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy (XTEM) and showed a polycrystalline, highly oriented, columnar structure with a top layer terminated by (111)-facets. High-quality YBa2Cu3O7−δ (YBCO) thin films were deposited directly onto the CeO2 layers. XTEM, rather surprisingly, showed a smooth interface between the YBCO and CeO2 layer. Postdeposition ex situ annealing was carried out on two CeO2 films and evaluated by AFM. Upon annealing samples at 930 °C, a relatively smooth morphology without facets was obtained. Annealing films at 800 °C caused no appreciable change in surface morphology, whereas igniting a YBCO plasma during a similar anneal clearly altered the sample surface, giving facets that were rounded.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 14 , Issue 6 , June 1999 , pp. 2385 - 2393
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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