TY - JOUR
T1 - Optimum sputtering conditions on the in-situ growth of superconducting YBa2Cu3Oy films with an off-axis RF sputtering configuration
AU - Wang, L. M.
AU - Yu, H. W.
AU - Yang, H. C.
AU - Horng, H. E.
PY - 1996/1/1
Y1 - 1996/1/1
N2 - The effects of sputtering conditions on the transport properties of YBa2Cu3Oy (YBCO) thin films were investigated in this work using an off-axis RF sputtering configuration. These conditions included the substrate temperature, the distance from the substrate to the target, the total pressure of the sputtering gas and the gas composition. The substrates were MgO (001) and SrTiO3 (001) and the sputtering gas was a mixture of Ar and O2. The YBCO films were characterized by resistivity measurements, X-ray diffraction and scanning force microscopy (SFM). Additionally, the optimum conditions of growing high-quality YBCO films were obtained. Those conditions were found to be: (1) the substrate is 3.5 cm horizontal and 3.0 cm vertical away from center of target, (2) the substrate temperature is 680°C for MgO and it is 720°C for SrTiO3, and (3) the pressure of the sputtering gas of Ar: O2 is (3 : 7) at 300 mTorr. The high-quality YBCO films revealed a transition temperature Tc(R = 0) at 87 ∼ 90 K, a normal-state resistance ratio R300K/R100K ∼ 3 and a normal-state resistivity at 300 K smaller than 200 μΩ cm.
AB - The effects of sputtering conditions on the transport properties of YBa2Cu3Oy (YBCO) thin films were investigated in this work using an off-axis RF sputtering configuration. These conditions included the substrate temperature, the distance from the substrate to the target, the total pressure of the sputtering gas and the gas composition. The substrates were MgO (001) and SrTiO3 (001) and the sputtering gas was a mixture of Ar and O2. The YBCO films were characterized by resistivity measurements, X-ray diffraction and scanning force microscopy (SFM). Additionally, the optimum conditions of growing high-quality YBCO films were obtained. Those conditions were found to be: (1) the substrate is 3.5 cm horizontal and 3.0 cm vertical away from center of target, (2) the substrate temperature is 680°C for MgO and it is 720°C for SrTiO3, and (3) the pressure of the sputtering gas of Ar: O2 is (3 : 7) at 300 mTorr. The high-quality YBCO films revealed a transition temperature Tc(R = 0) at 87 ∼ 90 K, a normal-state resistance ratio R300K/R100K ∼ 3 and a normal-state resistivity at 300 K smaller than 200 μΩ cm.
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U2 - 10.1016/0921-4534(95)00618-4
DO - 10.1016/0921-4534(95)00618-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0029734935
SN - 0921-4534
VL - 256
SP - 57
EP - 63
JO - Physica C: Superconductivity and its applications
JF - Physica C: Superconductivity and its applications
IS - 1-2
ER -