A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Three ranges of the angular dependence of critical current of BaZrO 3 doped YBa2Cu3O7 - δ thin films grown at different temperatures
Authors: Malmivirta M., Yao L., Huhtinen H., Palonen H., Van Dijken S., Paturi P.
Publisher: Elsevier
Publication year: 2014
Journal: Thin Solid Films
Journal name in source: Thin Solid Films
Volume: 562
First page : 554
Last page: 560
Number of pages: 7
ISSN: 0040-6090
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2014.04.093(external)
Web address : http://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id:84901761192(external)
Abstract
The growth of BaZrO (BZO) in pulsed laser deposited YBa CuO (YBCO) thin films was studied by varying the deposition temperature. It was found that there are three deposition temperature ranges based on the properties of J(θ), the angular dependence of critical current density. Samples made at a relatively low temperature (low-T samples) do not show a c-axis peak in J (θ) whereas mid-T samples exhibit a peak as B c-axis of YBCO. In high-T samples the c-peak disappears again. In the low-T samples BZO rods are too splayed and short for a c-axis peak whereas in the high-T samples vortices move along correlated, but shortened rods as well as along stacking faults, which causes the c-axis peak to disappear. The superconducting properties of the films were studied with both magnetic and transport measurements and the structural properties were characterized using X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. Correlations between the structural and superconducting properties were analyzed using the vortex path model. © 2014 Elsevier B.V.
The growth of BaZrO (BZO) in pulsed laser deposited YBa CuO (YBCO) thin films was studied by varying the deposition temperature. It was found that there are three deposition temperature ranges based on the properties of J(θ), the angular dependence of critical current density. Samples made at a relatively low temperature (low-T samples) do not show a c-axis peak in J (θ) whereas mid-T samples exhibit a peak as B c-axis of YBCO. In high-T samples the c-peak disappears again. In the low-T samples BZO rods are too splayed and short for a c-axis peak whereas in the high-T samples vortices move along correlated, but shortened rods as well as along stacking faults, which causes the c-axis peak to disappear. The superconducting properties of the films were studied with both magnetic and transport measurements and the structural properties were characterized using X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. Correlations between the structural and superconducting properties were analyzed using the vortex path model. © 2014 Elsevier B.V.