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The effect of post-annealing on laser-deposited superconducting Bi–Sr–Ca–Cu–O thin films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

P.J. Kung ,
X.D. Wu ,
R.E. Muenchausen ,
K.V. Salazar ,
S.R. Foltyn ,
D.E. Peterson  and
A.R. Garcia
P.J. Kung
Affiliation:
Superconductivity Technology Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
X.D. Wu
Affiliation:
Superconductivity Technology Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
R.E. Muenchausen
Affiliation:
Superconductivity Technology Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
K.V. Salazar
Affiliation:
Superconductivity Technology Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
S.R. Foltyn
Affiliation:
Superconductivity Technology Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
D.E. Peterson
Affiliation:
Superconductivity Technology Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
A.R. Garcia
Affiliation:
Superconductivity Technology Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
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Abstract

Superconducting Bi–Sr–Ca–Cu–O thin films were obtained from post-annealing partially crystallized and amorphous films grown on MgO(100) by pulsed laser deposition. The substrate temperature investigated was in the range of 350–750 °C, over a range of pressure 0.1 to 100 mTorr. The as-deposited films were annealed in 7.5 vol.% O2/Ar or in air at 800–865 °C from several minutes to a few hours. Unlike the pure Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ (2212) phase (Tc = 80 K) which is easily formed after a long continuous period of post-annealing at a temperature below 830 °C, the formation of (Bi, Pb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10+δ (2223) phase from the as-deposited amorphous films requires repetitive annealing cycles of short duration in air at 850 °C to simultaneously achieve good crystal quality, small surface roughness, and sharp diamagnetic transition (Tc = 110 K). After annealing, the temperature is lowered down to ∼650 °C by quenching in air and then a slow-cooling step is employed. This procedure was found to enhance the volume fraction of the 2223 phase as compared with a direct slow-cooling process. The trade-off between annealing temperature and time was observed to affect the phase formation and the smoothness of the annealed films. To optimize the post-annealing conditions, Rutherford backscattering spectrometry, x-ray diffraction, and scanning electron microscopy were systematically used to examine the composition, structure, and morphology of the films, respectively.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 8 , Issue 9 , September 1993 , pp. 2162 - 2169
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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