Improvement of Surface Morphology of Yttrium-Stabilized Zirconia Films Deposited by Pulsed Laser Deposition on Rolling Assisted Biaxially Textured Substrate Tapes

The surface morphology of buffer layer yttrium-stabilized zirconia （YSZ） of YBa2CuaO7-σ （YBCO） high temperature superconducting films relies on a series of controllable experimental parameters. In this work, we focus on the influence of pulsed laser frequency and target crystalline type on surface m...

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Published inChinese physics letters Vol. 32; no. 11; pp. 101 - 105
Main Author 王梦麟 刘林飞 李贻杰
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.11.2015
Subjects
COPPER OXIDE
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
DEPOSITION
LASERS
Morphology
Pulsed laser deposition
Pulsed lasers
ROLLING
SINGLE CRYSTALS
Superconducting tapes
SUPERCONDUCTORS
TAPE
THIN FILMS
YBa2Cu3O7-δ
YBCO superconductors
Yttria stabilized zirconia
Zirconium dioxide
双轴织构
基带
氧化钇稳定的氧化锆
氧化锆薄膜
脉冲激光沉积法
表面形貌
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Summary:The surface morphology of buffer layer yttrium-stabilized zirconia （YSZ） of YBa2CuaO7-σ （YBCO） high temperature superconducting films relies on a series of controllable experimental parameters. In this work, we focus on the influence of pulsed laser frequency and target crystalline type on surface morphology of YSZ films deposited by pulsed laser deposition （PLD） on rolling assisted biaxially textured substrate tapes. Usually two kinds of particles are observed in the YSZ layer： randomly distributed ones on the whole film and self-assembled ones along grain boundaries. SEM images are used to prove that particles can be partly removed when choosing dense targets of single crystalline. Lower frequency of pulsed laser also contributes to a smoother film surface. TEM images are used to view the crystalline structure of thin film. Thus we can obtain a basic understanding of how to prepare a particle-free YSZ buffer layer for YBCO in optimized conditions using PLD. The YBCO layer with nice structure and critical current density of around 5 MA/cm2 can be reached on smooth YSZ samples.
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WANG Meng-Lin, LIU Lin-Fei, LI Yi-Jie（ Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240）
The surface morphology of buffer layer yttrium-stabilized zirconia （YSZ） of YBa2CuaO7-σ （YBCO） high temperature superconducting films relies on a series of controllable experimental parameters. In this work, we focus on the influence of pulsed laser frequency and target crystalline type on surface morphology of YSZ films deposited by pulsed laser deposition （PLD） on rolling assisted biaxially textured substrate tapes. Usually two kinds of particles are observed in the YSZ layer： randomly distributed ones on the whole film and self-assembled ones along grain boundaries. SEM images are used to prove that particles can be partly removed when choosing dense targets of single crystalline. Lower frequency of pulsed laser also contributes to a smoother film surface. TEM images are used to view the crystalline structure of thin film. Thus we can obtain a basic understanding of how to prepare a particle-free YSZ buffer layer for YBCO in optimized conditions using PLD. The YBCO layer with nice structure and critical current density of around 5 MA/cm2 can be reached on smooth YSZ samples.
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ISSN:0256-307X
1741-3540
DOI:10.1088/0256-307X/32/11/116802