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Sputtered and Reactively Grown Epitaxial GdAIO3 Films as Buffer Layers for C-Oriented YBa2Cu3O7-δ Films on R-Sapphire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

S. Senz ,
H. Sieber ,
N. D. Zakharov ,
M. Lorenz ,
H. Hochmuth  and
D. Hesse
S. Senz
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Weinberg 2, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
H. Sieber
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Weinberg 2, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
N. D. Zakharov
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Weinberg 2, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
M. Lorenz
Affiliation:
Universität Leipzig, Institut für Experimentalphysik II, Linnéstr. 5, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
H. Hochmuth
Affiliation:
Universität Leipzig, Institut für Experimentalphysik II, Linnéstr. 5, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
D. Hesse
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Weinberg 2, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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Abstract

Thin films of the orthorhombic perovskite GdAlO3 were grown on R-plane sapphire single crystals. Two different film growth methods were used, viz. (i) a chemical reaction of a Gd-O plasma with the sapphire crystals, and (ii) the reactive radio frequency (r.f.) sputtering of a GdAlO3 target. Subsequently, YBa2Cu3O7-δ (YBCO) films were deposited onto the GdAlO3 buffer by pulsed laser deposition (PLD). The GdAlO3 and YBCO films were investigated by Xray diffraction pole figure analysis and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), including highresolution transmission electron microscopy of cross sections. Independent of the deposition method the GdAlO3 films grew according to the nearly equivalent orientation relationships The GdAlO3 grains are additionally tilted by angles up to ± 3° around the sapphire [11.1] axis. On top of these buffer layers the YBCO films grew with c-orientation and with an in-plane rotation of 45°. YBCO films of 200 nm thickness on GdAlO3 buffer layers with a thickness of 10 to 20 nm showed a Tc > 87 K and a jc(77 K) > 3×106 A/cm2.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 401: Symposium G – Epitaxial Oxide Thin Films II , 1995 , 357
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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