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Plasma-enhanced MOCVD of superconducting oxides

  • Kenji Ebihara
  • , Tomoyuki Fujishima
  • , Masanobu Shiga
  • , Quanxi Jia
  • Kumamoto University

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Abstract

The plasma-enhanced MOCVD is developed to prepare high-Tc oxide superconducting thin films. Plasmas generated by microwave and rf discharges decompose effectively the source materials (B-diketonate chelates) into their elements and oxides. YBaCuO thin films were deposited on the MgO substrate of 500-650°C at total pressure of 0.6-5 Torr with O2 contents less than 30%. The as-grown films produced by two kinds of plasma enhancement were porous and consisted of crystalline grains, but showed the superconducting transition after heating procedure at around 800°C. It is shown that the inherent crystalline orientations of the as-grown films determine the crystal structure of the post-annealed films. The film of the metal atomic ratios of 0.91 for Ba/Y and 2.64 for Cu/Y showed the superconducting properties with Tc(zero) of 89 K and the critical current density (at 77 K) of 5×104 A/cm2. Spectroscopic analysis showed that the plasmas are composed of many excited species such as Y, Y+, Ba, Ba+, Cu, YO, BaO, CuO. Formation of the metal-oxides through the gas phase reaction is essential for the high-quality YBaCuO superconducting thin film preparation in the PE-MOCVD.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMetal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition of Electronic Ceramics
EditorsSeshu B. Desu, David B. Beach, Bruce W. Wessels, Suleyman Gokoglu
PublisherPubl by Materials Research Society
Pages261-272
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)1558992340
StatePublished - 1994
EventProceedings of the 1993 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society - Boston, MA, USA
Duration: Nov 29 1993Dec 2 1993

Publication series

NameMaterials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
Volume335
ISSN (Print)0272-9172

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the 1993 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society
CityBoston, MA, USA
Period11/29/9312/2/93

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