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Epitaxial Growth and Superconducting Properties of Yba2Cu3O7 Thin Films and Yba2Cu3O7/Dy(Pr)Yba2Cu3O7 Superlattices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

J.-M. Triscone ,
M.G. Karkut ,
O. Brunner ,
L. Antognazza ,
A.D. Kent  and
ø. Fischer
J.-M. Triscone
Affiliation:
Département de la Matiére Condensée, Université de Genéve, 24 Quai E.‐Ansermet, 1211 Genéve, Switzerland.
M.G. Karkut
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Chimie Minérale B, Université de Rennes I, avenue du Général‐Leclerc, 35042 Rennes cedex, France.
O. Brunner
Affiliation:
Département de la Matiére Condensée, Université de Genéve, 24 Quai E.‐Ansermet, 1211 Genéve, Switzerland.
L. Antognazza
Affiliation:
Département de la Matiére Condensée, Université de Genéve, 24 Quai E.‐Ansermet, 1211 Genéve, Switzerland.
A.D. Kent
Affiliation:
Département de la Matiére Condensée, Université de Genéve, 24 Quai E.‐Ansermet, 1211 Genéve, Switzerland.
ø. Fischer
Affiliation:
Département de la Matiére Condensée, Université de Genéve, 24 Quai E.‐Ansermet, 1211 Genéve, Switzerland.
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Abstract

We have prepared in situ REBa2Cu3O7 (REBCO) (RE= Y, Pr, Dy) thin films and YBC0/Dy(Pr)BC0 superlattices by single target dc planar magnetron sputtering. YBCO/DyBCO superlattices have been realized with modulation wavelength as short as 24Å, i.e., a unit cell of YBCO alternates with a unit cell of DyBCO, on average. The superconducting properties of such superlattices are indistinguishable from those of single layers. Tco's (zero resistance) are between 85 and 89K, and the residual resistivity ratios are between 2.5 and 3. In contrast to these results, when YBCO is layered with PrBCO, which is insulating, a dramatic change in the superconducting properties is observed. We have been able to artificially vary the coupling between single 12Å unit cell of YBCO by interposing insulating planes of PrBCO. As the YBCO layer separation increases, T is reduced and the transition broadens showing evidence of 2‐D superconducting fluctuations.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 169: Symposium M – High Temperature Superconductors: Fundamental Properties and Novel Materials Processing , 1989 , 545
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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