THIN-FILM STRUCTURE OF YBA2CU3O7-DELTA ON (001) MGO SUBSTRATE STUDIED BY TEM

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作者
SUZUKI, H
KUROSAWA, H
MIYAGAWA, K
HIROTSU, Y
ERA, M
YAMASHITA, T
YAMANE, H
HIRAI, T
机构
[1] TOHOKU UNIV, INST MAT RES, SENDAI, MIYAGI 980, JAPAN
[2] NAGAOKA UNIV TECHNOL, DEPT MECH ENGN, NAGAOKA 94021, JAPAN
[3] NAGAOKA UNIV TECHNOL, DEPT ELECTR, NAGAOKA 94021, JAPAN
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS & EXPRESS LETTERS | 1990年 / 29卷 / 09期
关键词
AC Josephson effect; DC Josephson effect; Grain-boundary junction; Lattice imaging; MOCVD; YBCO thin film; Small-angle grain boundary; TEM observation;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.29.L1648
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
A plan-view TEM observation was made for YBa2Cu3O7-δ (YBCO) thin films prepared by MOCVD on (001) MgO substrates. For the TEM observation, the MgO substrate plates were ion-thinned before the YBCO deposition. The YBCO thin films were found to be polycrystalline with a grain size of about 0.5µm. Most of the YBCO grains are grown with their [001] axes nearly normal to the MgO substrate plane. Between the neighboring YBCO grains, a small-angle misorientation was observed quite frequently. Most of the misorientation angles measured by selected-area electron diffraction were less than about 5 degrees. At the small-angle grain boundaries, a nearly periodic array of dislocations was observed in the high-resolution lattice images. The AC and DC Josephson effects of YBCO thin film bridges reported previously are discussed in relation to the small-angle grain boundaries. © 1990 The Japan Society of Applied Physics.
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页码:L1648 / L1651
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