LOW-LEAKAGE THIN-FILM SUPERCONDUCTOR-INSULATOR-NORMAL METAL TUNNEL-JUNCTIONS ON COEVAPORATED BA1-XRBXBIO3 AND RF-SPUTTERED BA1-XKXBIO3

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HOU, CJ
FINK, RL
HILBERT, C
KROGER, H
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[1] Computer Physics Laboratory, Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC), Austin
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10.1063/1.107340
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O59 [应用物理学];
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The oxide superconductors Ba1-xKxBiO3 and Ba1-xRbxBiO3 exhibit ideal BCS-like characteristics with T(c) approximately 30 K. We report the deposition of thin films with zero-resistance temperatures up to 25 K and transition widths less than 1 K by thermal coevaporation and rf sputtering. Thin-film S-I-N tunnel junctions fabricated by evaporating Ag or Au onto a native barrier exhibit low leakage over 1 mm2 junctions and near-ideal BCS-like behavior with a value of 2-DELTA(0)/k(B)T(co) = 3.5 +/- 0.2.
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