Applied Physics Letters · 1988 · 84 citations · 15 references
Natural SciencesMaterials SciencePhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsMetallic MaterialsOptical MaterialsLaser Host MaterialsLaser PhysicsOptical Properties Of SolidsSuperconducting MaterialsSuperconducting Thin FilmsCuprate SuperconductorsLaser AblationMolecular FragmentsPulsed Laser DepositionScanning Auger MicroscopyThin Oxide FilmsThin-film SuperconductorsYttrium Barium Copper Oxide Films
Superconducting thin films of Y-Ba-Cu-O produced by laser ablation of nonsuperconducting targets by 1064 nm neodymium:yttrium aluminum garnet radiation in an oxygen ambient are described. Deposition rates of 100 Å/s were achieved for 1 J pulses at 30 Hz. Scanning Auger microscopy indicates phase segregated films. Optical probing of ablated flux suggests it consists of atomic and molecular fragments.
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Thin superconducting oxide films
R. B. Laibowitz, R. H. Koch, P. Chaudhari et al. · Physical review. B, Condensed matter · 1987 · 286 citations