Science and technology of cuprate-based high temperature superconductor thin films, heterostructures and superlattices — the first 30 years (Review Article)

During the three decades after the discovery of superconductivity at high temperatures in copper oxides, intense research activities generated a tremendous progress in both, mastering the scientific challenges underpinning the understanding of the properties of these chemically and structurally comp...

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Published in:	Физика низких температур
Date:	2016
Main Author:	Habermeier, H.-U.
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Language:	English
Published:	Фізико-технічний інститут низьких температур ім. Б.І. Вєркіна НАН України 2016
Subjects:	К 30-летию открытия высокотемпературной сверхпроводимости
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Cite this:	Science and technology of cuprate-based high temperature superconductor thin films, heterostructures and superlattices — the first 30 years (Review Article) / H.-U. Habermeier // Физика низких температур. — 2016. — Т. 42, № 10. — С. 1075-1102. — Бібліогр.: 127 назв. — англ.

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spelling	Habermeier, H.-U. 2018-01-18T17:58:05Z 2018-01-18T17:58:05Z 2016 Science and technology of cuprate-based high temperature superconductor thin films, heterostructures and superlattices — the first 30 years (Review Article) / H.-U. Habermeier // Физика низких температур. — 2016. — Т. 42, № 10. — С. 1075-1102. — Бібліогр.: 127 назв. — англ. 0132-6414 PACS: 74.72.–h, 74.25.–q, 74.78.–w https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/129306 During the three decades after the discovery of superconductivity at high temperatures in copper oxides, intense research activities generated a tremendous progress in both, mastering the scientific challenges underpinning the understanding of the properties of these chemically and structurally complex materials as well as achieving a mature technology in preparing single phase bulk specimens—including single crystals—and epitaxially grown single crystalline thin films. This review covers in addition to more basic physics oriented developments mainly technological aspects of complex oxide thin film deposition as an enabling technology to explore the physics of these materials. It consists of two parts: after a brief introduction to the materials development prior to the discovery of superconducting copper oxides, a description of the relevant properties of copper oxide superconductors with focus on YBa₂Cu₃O₇−δ is given, followed by the coverage of essentials of complex oxide thin film deposition technology with the copper oxides at its core. Here, the major physical vapor deposition technologies (evaporation and oxide molecular beam technology, sputtering and pulsed laser deposition) are described followed by an overview of substrate requirements to deposit high quality thin films. Opportunities by choosing special substrates with unique properties far beyond the usual mechanical support for a film are introduced with examples aside from usual lattice mismatch induced strain effects. One is the continuous modification of the strain state by poling ferroelectric oxide substrates linked to a piezoelectric effect, the other is the nanoscale tailoring of substrate step-and-terrace structures resulting in a controllable generation of planar defects in complex oxides, thus contributing to the physics of flux-line pinning in cuprate superconductors. In the second part of this review, first some highlights of single layer thin film research are given such as to tailor thin film orientation, generating well defined antiphase boundaries in YBa₂Cu₃O₇−δ thin films as flux-line pinning centers as well as contributions to understand fluctuation conductivity in relation to the pseudogap state. In the last section new developments in high Tc cuprate based heterostructures and superlattices are reviewed with a special focus on the opportunities offered by interface-induced electronic interactions. The author is highly indebted to the current and previous members of the Technology Group of the Max-PlanckInstitute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, for their enthusiasm in the thin film work for complex oxides. He benefitted much from in-depth discussions with M. Cardona, B. Keimer and O.K. Andersen and the members of their departments. The financial support of the Max-PlanckSociety, the German Science Foundation (DFG) as well as the European Union within the frame of several EU-NMP projects is greatly appreciated. en Фізико-технічний інститут низьких температур ім. Б.І. Вєркіна НАН України Физика низких температур К 30-летию открытия высокотемпературной сверхпроводимости Science and technology of cuprate-based high temperature superconductor thin films, heterostructures and superlattices — the first 30 years (Review Article) Article published earlier
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title	Science and technology of cuprate-based high temperature superconductor thin films, heterostructures and superlattices — the first 30 years (Review Article)
spellingShingle	Science and technology of cuprate-based high temperature superconductor thin films, heterostructures and superlattices — the first 30 years (Review Article) Habermeier, H.-U. К 30-летию открытия высокотемпературной сверхпроводимости
title_short	Science and technology of cuprate-based high temperature superconductor thin films, heterostructures and superlattices — the first 30 years (Review Article)
title_full	Science and technology of cuprate-based high temperature superconductor thin films, heterostructures and superlattices — the first 30 years (Review Article)
title_fullStr	Science and technology of cuprate-based high temperature superconductor thin films, heterostructures and superlattices — the first 30 years (Review Article)
title_full_unstemmed	Science and technology of cuprate-based high temperature superconductor thin films, heterostructures and superlattices — the first 30 years (Review Article)
title_sort	science and technology of cuprate-based high temperature superconductor thin films, heterostructures and superlattices — the first 30 years (review article)
author	Habermeier, H.-U.
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topic	К 30-летию открытия высокотемпературной сверхпроводимости
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description	During the three decades after the discovery of superconductivity at high temperatures in copper oxides, intense research activities generated a tremendous progress in both, mastering the scientific challenges underpinning the understanding of the properties of these chemically and structurally complex materials as well as achieving a mature technology in preparing single phase bulk specimens—including single crystals—and epitaxially grown single crystalline thin films. This review covers in addition to more basic physics oriented developments mainly technological aspects of complex oxide thin film deposition as an enabling technology to explore the physics of these materials. It consists of two parts: after a brief introduction to the materials development prior to the discovery of superconducting copper oxides, a description of the relevant properties of copper oxide superconductors with focus on YBa₂Cu₃O₇−δ is given, followed by the coverage of essentials of complex oxide thin film deposition technology with the copper oxides at its core. Here, the major physical vapor deposition technologies (evaporation and oxide molecular beam technology, sputtering and pulsed laser deposition) are described followed by an overview of substrate requirements to deposit high quality thin films. Opportunities by choosing special substrates with unique properties far beyond the usual mechanical support for a film are introduced with examples aside from usual lattice mismatch induced strain effects. One is the continuous modification of the strain state by poling ferroelectric oxide substrates linked to a piezoelectric effect, the other is the nanoscale tailoring of substrate step-and-terrace structures resulting in a controllable generation of planar defects in complex oxides, thus contributing to the physics of flux-line pinning in cuprate superconductors. In the second part of this review, first some highlights of single layer thin film research are given such as to tailor thin film orientation, generating well defined antiphase boundaries in YBa₂Cu₃O₇−δ thin films as flux-line pinning centers as well as contributions to understand fluctuation conductivity in relation to the pseudogap state. In the last section new developments in high Tc cuprate based heterostructures and superlattices are reviewed with a special focus on the opportunities offered by interface-induced electronic interactions.
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