Abstract
Abstract The growth and characterization of YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7−δ (YBCO) thin films grown by laser ablation on MgF 2 (100), CaF 2 (100), SrF 2 (100), and BaF 2 (100) substrates, and on CaF 2 and BaF 2 thin films on LaAlO 3 (100) substrates, are described. High quality superconducting YBCO films could be grown directly only on the BaF 2 substrates and thin films. YBCO films grown directly on MgF 2 or CaF 2 substrates were insulating and showed clear signs of interdiffusion and reaction, as measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Superconducting YBCO films could be grown on SrF 2 and CaF 2 substrates and thin films only with an yttria-stabilized zirconia buffer layer and/or with a low YBCO growth temperature, while YBCO grown on MgF 2 yielded insulating films for all growth conditions investigated. The highest quality YBCO films were obtained on BaF 2 substrates ( T c =87.6 K, ΔT c =0.3 K). These results are discussed in terms of the thermodynamic stability of possible reaction products and the temperature dependence of the ionic mobilities.
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