HIGH-T-C EDGE-GEOMETRY SNS WEAK LINKS ON SILICON-ON-SAPPHIRE SUBSTRATES

被引:23
作者
HUNT, BD
FOOTE, MC
PIKE, WT
BARNER, JB
VASQUEZ, RP
机构
[1] Center for Space Microelectronics Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
来源
PHYSICA C | 1994年 / 230卷 / 1-2期
基金
美国国家航空航天局;
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10.1016/0921-4534(94)90456-1
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
High-quality superconductor/normal-metal/superconductor (SNS) edge-geometry weak links have been produced on silicon-on-sapphire (SOS) substrates using a new SrTiO3/''seed-layer''/cubic-zirconia (YSZ) buffer system. The seed layer is a thin YBa2Cu3O7-x (YBCO) or PrBa2Cu3O7-x (PBCO) film, which provides a template for growth of the SrTiO3. This multilayer buffer system eliminates problems with series grain-boundary weak links seen in edge junctions on single YSZ buffer layers on SOS, while the use of moderate-dielectric-constant SOS substrates should benefit high-frequency applications and enable integration with silicon circuitry. SNS weak links fabricated on SOS with PBCO and Co doped YBCO normal-metal layers exhibit current-voltage characteristics qualitatively consistent with the resistively shunted junction model, with modulating AC Josephson steps and operation to temperatures above 77 K. These are the first reported epitaxial edge-geometry SNS devices on SOS substrates.
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