High critical current densities in ultrathin YBa2Cu 3O7-δ films sandwiched between (PrxY 1-x)Ba2Cu3O7-δ layers

C. Kwon; Qi Li; X. X. Xi; S. Bhattacharya; C. Doughty; T. Venkatesan; H. Zhang; J. W. Lynn; J. L. Peng; Z. Y. Li; N. D. Spencer; K. Feldman

doi:10.1063/1.108710

High critical current densities in ultrathin YBa₂Cu ₃O_7-δ films sandwiched between (Pr_xY _1-x)Ba₂Cu₃O_7-δ layers

C. Kwon
, Qi Li
, X. X. Xi
, S. Bhattacharya
, C. Doughty
, T. Venkatesan
, H. Zhang
, J. W. Lynn
, J. L. Peng
, Z. Y. Li
, N. D. Spencer
, K. Feldman

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Abstract

YBa₂Cu₃O_7-δ (YBCO) films with nominal thicknesses of 1-4 unit cells were grown by pulsed laser deposition using (Pr_xY_1-x)Ba₂Cu₃O _7-δ [(Pr_xY_1-x)BCO] (1≥x≥0) as buffer layers and cap layers. The films of 1 unit cell thick were superconducting for all the x values while T_c increased when x was reduced. For adjacent layers of (Pr_0.6Y_0.4)BCO which is semiconducting, a T_c of 43 K and J_c of 2×10 ⁶ A/cm² for B∥ab and 4×10⁵ A/cm ² for B⊥ab at B=7 T and 4.2 K were obtained in a one-unit cell thick YBCO layer. The J_c values of a few unit cell thick YBCO layers nearly approached that of thick YBCO films. The results suggest the absence of significant weak-link effects in these films.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1289-1291
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	62
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.108710
State	Published - 1993

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High critical current densities in ultrathin YBa₂Cu ₃O_7-δ films sandwiched between (Pr_xY _1-x)Ba₂Cu₃O_7-δ layers

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