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Effects of Processing Parameters on the Excimer Laser Deposition of Yba2Cu3O7-δ Thin Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

R. E. Muenchausen
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87545
X. D. Wu
Affiliation:
J. Robert Oppenheimer Fellow
R. C. Dye
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87545
K. M. Hubbard
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87545
R. C. Estler
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87545
C. Flamme
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87545
R. Brainard
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87545
S. Foltyn
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87545
J. Tesmer
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87545
M. Maley
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87545
J. Martin
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87545
N. S. Nogar
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87545
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Abstract

Systematic studies of the effects of pulsed laser deposition processing parameters on plume dynamics and resultant film properties have been performed. Plume angular distributions, cosm(θ), were observed to be variable between 1 > m > 15 depending on laser energy density and spot size. Under optimized conditions, epitaxial, superconducting thin films could be grown in‐situ on a variety of single‐crystal substrates. High quality, 2000 Å  ss thick films were obtained at deposition rates approaching 150 Å/sec.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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