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Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Y-Ba-Cu-O Thin Films Produced by Ion Beam Sputter-Deposition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

R. C. Chapman ,
O. Aucffillo ,
D. J. LichtenWalner ,
R. P. Adu ,
C. N. SobleII ,
K. N. Christensen ,
R. R. Woolcott Jr ,
L. M. Chen ,
T. R. Barr  and
A. I. Kingon
R. C. Chapman
Affiliation:
MCNC, Center for Microelectronics, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
O. Aucffillo
Affiliation:
MCNC, Center for Microelectronics, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. N. C. State University, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Raleigh, NC 27695.
D. J. LichtenWalner
Affiliation:
N. C. State University, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Raleigh, NC 27695.
R. P. Adu
Affiliation:
MCNC, Center for Microelectronics, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
C. N. SobleII
Affiliation:
N. C. State University, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Raleigh, NC 27695.
K. N. Christensen
Affiliation:
N. C. State University, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Raleigh, NC 27695.
R. R. Woolcott Jr
Affiliation:
N. C. State University, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Raleigh, NC 27695.
L. M. Chen
Affiliation:
U. of Wise.-Milwaukee, Dept. of Materials & Lab. for Surface Studies, Milwaukee, WI53201
T. R. Barr
Affiliation:
U. of Wise.-Milwaukee, Dept. of Materials & Lab. for Surface Studies, Milwaukee, WI53201
A. I. Kingon
Affiliation:
N. C. State University, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Raleigh, NC 27695.
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Abstract

Ion beam sputter-deposition has been used to produce high temperature superconducting (HTSC) thin films with controlled orientation. Room temperature scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) studies of ion beam sputter-deposited Y-Ba-Cu-O thin films indicate that the growth mode depends on whether the films are a- or c-axis oriented. The c-axis oriented films appear to grow by a screw dislocation mechanism, producing layered spirals similar to those observed in films grown by plasma sputtering and laser ablation-deposition. STM images of the a-axis oriented films show a growth mode which appears to produce layered structures perpendicular to the substrate with no spirals. Scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) studies of the a- and c-axis oriented films tend to reflect the anisotropy of the Y-Ba-Cu-O structure. Both the c-axis and the a-axis oriented films have semiconducting characteristics, possibly due to a native oxide, with a band gap estimated to be 1.4 eV. The c-axis oriented film, however, exhibits more fine structure in its density of states. This apparent anisotropie band structure reflects the anisotropie Y-Ba-Cu-O microstructure and superconducting characteristics. Investigations with x-ray photcelectron spectroscopy (XPS) establish a substantial chemical difference between the two surfaces inferring more substantial native oxides and air-induced by-products on the a-axis oriented film.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 275: Symposium S – Layered Superconductors: Fabrication, Properties and Applications , 1992 , 119
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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