This study investigates the effect of BaHfO_(3)(BHO)addition on the optical properties of YBa_2Cu_(3)O_(7-δ)(YBCO)superconducting thin films using spectroscopic ellipsometry.Through Raman spectroscopy and SEM analysi...This study investigates the effect of BaHfO_(3)(BHO)addition on the optical properties of YBa_2Cu_(3)O_(7-δ)(YBCO)superconducting thin films using spectroscopic ellipsometry.Through Raman spectroscopy and SEM analysis,optimal 10-min Ar ion etching effectively removes surface a-axis-oriented grains and Ba–Cu–O impurities,enhancing surface quality.Optical conductivity analysis reveals a doping-dependent evolution:10%BHO doping maximizes free carrier density and interband transition efficiency,attributed to optimized Cu–O bond contraction and reduced lattice distortions.Higher doping induces defect clustering,carrier scattering,and redshifted transitions due to lattice expansion.Dielectric function and loss function analyses confirm enhanced plasmonic behavior and flux pinning at 10%doping,while excessive doping degrades electronic transitions.These results highlight the critical role of controlled BHO addition and surface treatment in tailoring the optical and superconducting properties of YBCO,offering insights into the interplay among doping,carrier dynamics,and electronic structure in high-temperature superconductors(HTS).展开更多
It is very important for high temperature superconducting electronic devices to increase the grain size of YBCO epitaxial films because it can effectively reduce the defects and improve the probability of successful p...It is very important for high temperature superconducting electronic devices to increase the grain size of YBCO epitaxial films because it can effectively reduce the defects and improve the probability of successful preparation of Josephson junction.In this study,YBa_(2)Cu_(3)O_(7-δ)(YBCO)films with grain size in excess of 1.5μm were successfully prepared by the directly heating SrTiO_(3)substrates coated by Si C on their back.Interestingly,the grain size of YBCO film is enhanced greatly by this directly heating method,and the critical temperature TCand critical current density JCof YBCO films are as high as 91.5 K and 3.5 MA/cm^(2),respectively.Compared with the traditional indirect heating method,which involves applying silver paste and then using a heat soaking block(e.g.Inconel 600),this direct heating method effectively enhances the grain size of YBCO film and the possibility of successful preparation of Josephson junction.展开更多
YBa_(2)Cu_(3)O_(7-x)(YBCO)films with low microwave surface resistance(RS)are essential for high temperature superconducting microwave devices.The oxygen pressure during deposition has been found to influence RS signif...YBa_(2)Cu_(3)O_(7-x)(YBCO)films with low microwave surface resistance(RS)are essential for high temperature superconducting microwave devices.The oxygen pressure during deposition has been found to influence RS significantly.In this work,we deposited highly c-axis aligned YBCO films on single crystal MgO(001)substrates under different oxygen pressures via pulsed laser ablation.Their detailed microstructure was characterized with three-dimensional reciprocal space mapping(3D-RSM)method and their microwave surface resistance was also measured with resonant cavity perturbation method.We found that the variation of oxygen pressure can affect film microstructure,including grain orientation distribution and the concentration of crystal defects.The microstructure modulation can explain RS dependence on the oxygen pressure.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.52172271,12374378,52307026,and 52477022)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2022YFE03150200)Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Program(Grant No.23511101600)。
文摘This study investigates the effect of BaHfO_(3)(BHO)addition on the optical properties of YBa_2Cu_(3)O_(7-δ)(YBCO)superconducting thin films using spectroscopic ellipsometry.Through Raman spectroscopy and SEM analysis,optimal 10-min Ar ion etching effectively removes surface a-axis-oriented grains and Ba–Cu–O impurities,enhancing surface quality.Optical conductivity analysis reveals a doping-dependent evolution:10%BHO doping maximizes free carrier density and interband transition efficiency,attributed to optimized Cu–O bond contraction and reduced lattice distortions.Higher doping induces defect clustering,carrier scattering,and redshifted transitions due to lattice expansion.Dielectric function and loss function analyses confirm enhanced plasmonic behavior and flux pinning at 10%doping,while excessive doping degrades electronic transitions.These results highlight the critical role of controlled BHO addition and surface treatment in tailoring the optical and superconducting properties of YBCO,offering insights into the interplay among doping,carrier dynamics,and electronic structure in high-temperature superconductors(HTS).
基金Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2023YFF0720500)the State Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.U22A2019)the National Key Project(Grant No.22-05-CXZX-04-03-15)。
文摘It is very important for high temperature superconducting electronic devices to increase the grain size of YBCO epitaxial films because it can effectively reduce the defects and improve the probability of successful preparation of Josephson junction.In this study,YBa_(2)Cu_(3)O_(7-δ)(YBCO)films with grain size in excess of 1.5μm were successfully prepared by the directly heating SrTiO_(3)substrates coated by Si C on their back.Interestingly,the grain size of YBCO film is enhanced greatly by this directly heating method,and the critical temperature TCand critical current density JCof YBCO films are as high as 91.5 K and 3.5 MA/cm^(2),respectively.Compared with the traditional indirect heating method,which involves applying silver paste and then using a heat soaking block(e.g.Inconel 600),this direct heating method effectively enhances the grain size of YBCO film and the possibility of successful preparation of Josephson junction.
基金Project support by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2022YFA1603900)the National Natural Science Foundation of China–Beijing Joint Fund(Grant No.U23A6015)+1 种基金Central University Basic Research Fund of China(Grant No.E1E40207X2)the Funds from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant Nos.E1EG0210X2 and 118900M018).
文摘YBa_(2)Cu_(3)O_(7-x)(YBCO)films with low microwave surface resistance(RS)are essential for high temperature superconducting microwave devices.The oxygen pressure during deposition has been found to influence RS significantly.In this work,we deposited highly c-axis aligned YBCO films on single crystal MgO(001)substrates under different oxygen pressures via pulsed laser ablation.Their detailed microstructure was characterized with three-dimensional reciprocal space mapping(3D-RSM)method and their microwave surface resistance was also measured with resonant cavity perturbation method.We found that the variation of oxygen pressure can affect film microstructure,including grain orientation distribution and the concentration of crystal defects.The microstructure modulation can explain RS dependence on the oxygen pressure.
