As-Grown Y-Ba-Cu-O Superconducting Thin Films Prepared by Magnetron Sputtering

Abstract

YBa₂Cu₃O_7-δ thin films were prepared on MgO(001) planes at 600°C by RF magnetron sputtering. These as-grown films were classified into 3 types: high-T _c, low-T _c and nonsuperconducting. In this report, film properties are discussed in relation to the annealing effect in an oxygen atomosphere and lattice parameters (c_o). By optimizing the sputtering conditions, c-axis-oriented superconducting films with an endpoint T _c above 80 K are obtained. These as-grown films are highly uniform and semi-transparent and have a room temperature resistivity of 0.3 mΩcm.