Nanostructured epitaxial thin films of Fe-based superconductors with enhanced superconducting properties

P. Mele, K. Matsumoto, H. Nagayoshi, K. Fujita, Y. Yoshida, Y. Ichino, T. Kiss, A. Ichinose, M. Mukaida, B. Maiorov, F. F. Balakirev, S. A. Baily, L. Civale

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Abstract

Epitaxial Fe-Te-Se thin films were deposited by pulsed laser deposition at 250-600 °C on SrTiO3 (100, STO), MgO (100), LaAlO3 (100, LAO) and CaF2 (100) single crystal substrates. Best superconducting film was grown on CaF2: Tconset = 20.0 K and Tc0 = 16.18 K with Tdep = 300 °C, 45000 pulses, 3 Hz. The critical current density Jc at 4.2 K was 0.41 × 106A/cm2 at 0 T and 0.23×106 A/cm2 at 9 T. Angular dependence of Jc showed broad c-axis correlated peak when B ≥ 3 T.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)35-44
Number of pages10
JournalMaterials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
Volume1434
Issue numberJanuary
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event2012 MRS Spring Meeting - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 2012 Apr 92012 Apr 13

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Materials Science(all)
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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