HETEROEPITAXIAL GROWTH OF STRAINED MULTILAYER SUPERCONDUCTING THIN-FILMS OF ND1.83CE0.17CUOX YBA2CU3O7-DELTA

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作者
GUPTA, A
GROSS, R
OLSSON, E
SEGMULLER, A
KOREN, G
TSUEI, CC
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[1] IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.3191
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Heteroepitaxial growth of strained multilayer thin films of YBa2Cu3O7-/Nd1.83Ce0.17CuOx by pulsed-laser deposition is reported. The coherency strain results in biaxial compression of the tetragonal Nd1.83Ce0.17CuOx layers, whereas the biaxial tension in the YBa2Cu3O7- layers removes the orthorhombic distortion and makes the unit cell isotropic in the basal plane (a=b). Depending on their oxygen content, either the YBa2Cu3O7- or the Nd1.83Ce0.17CuOx layers are superconducting in these multilayers. The strain-induced structural modification has a significant influence on the superconducting transition temperature of the YBa2Cu3O7- layers. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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页码:3191 / 3194
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