Basic thin film deposition processes for the high-
Tc superconductors of Bi-systems are described in relation to their structure and superconducting properties.
For the rare-earth high-
Tc superconductors YBC the thin film deposition processes are clasified into three processes:
(i) deposition below crystallizing temperature followed by annealing [process (1)],
(ii) deposition above crystallizing temperatme followed by annealing [process (2)],
(iii) deposition above crystallizing temperature without postannealing [process (3)].
For the Bi-system there appear several superconducting phases including the low-
Tc phase Bi
2Sr
2Ca
2Cu
2O
x and the high-
Tc phase Bi
2Sr
2Ca
2Cu
3O
x. Thin films with these superconducting phases are synthesized by a selection of the substrate temperature
Ts during the deposition in the process (1) and/or (2): The high-
Tc phase with
Tc ≈=110K is synthesized at
Ts>800°C; the low-
Tc phase with
Tc=80K, at
Ts<600°C. However, these films often comprise intergrowth structure between the differrent superconducting phases.
The close control of the supercondurting phase has been achieved by the layer-by-layer deposition in the atomic layer epitaxy process.
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