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Influence of working gas pressure on the properties of thin films of high-temperature superconductors obtained by magnetron sputtering

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The surface morphology, composition, microstructure, and electrical properties of thin films of YBa2Cu3O7−x high-temperature superconductors, obtained by inverted magnetron sputtering, have been studied as a function of the pressure of the working gas mixture and results are presented. The main parameters of the magnetron discharge plasma near the substrate were determined by analyzing the characteristics of Langmuir probes. Changes in the properties of the films are considered to be caused by bombardment of the growing film with plasma ions accelerated in the floating potential field of the substrate. Films obtained at a pressure of 28 Pa and substrate temperature of 630 °C had a superconducting transition end temperature T c ,off=89 K and a critical current density j c =2 MA/cm2 (at 77 K) and were free from secondary phase particles larger than 10 nm.

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    A. K. Vorob’ev, S. V. Gaponov, S. A. Gusev, Yu. N. Drozdov, E. B. Klyuenkov & V. I. Luchin

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Pis’ma Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 24, 80–85 (February 26, 1998)

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Vorob’ev, A.K., Gaponov, S.V., Gusev, S.A. et al. Influence of working gas pressure on the properties of thin films of high-temperature superconductors obtained by magnetron sputtering. Tech. Phys. Lett. 24, 159–161 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1262035

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