Abstract
We have grown epitaxial thin films of various isotropic metallic oxides such as Sr1-xCaxRuO3 and La8-xSrxCu8O20 in situ by 90° off-axis sputtering. These metallic oxides are pseudo-cubic perovskites with essentially isotropic properties, which could be ideal normal metals for SNS junctions in superconducting devices and for electrodes in ferroelectric devices. We have fabricated epitaxial ferroelectric heterostructures [SrRuO3/Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3/SrRuO3] employing isotropic metallic oxide (SrRuO3) electrodes on substrates of (100) SrTiO3 and (100) Si with an yttria-stabilized zirconia buffer layer. They exhibit superior fatigue characteristics over those made with metal electrodes, showing little degradation over 1010 cycles, with a large remnant polarization (27 μC/cm2). We have also grown epitaxial superconducting heterostructures (YBa2Cu3O7/La8-xSrxCu8O20/YB a2Cu3O 7) with a copper-oxide-based isotropic metallic oxide (La8-xSrxCu8O20) normal metal barrier. X-ray diffraction and cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy reveal these heterostructures to have high crystalline quality and clean interfaces. This material will facilitate fabrication of ideal SNS Josephson junctions with low boundary resistance due to its excellent chemical compatibility and lattice match with cuprate superconductors and will be useful for determining the source of interface resistance in such heterostructures.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 229-240 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings |
| Volume | 341 |
| State | Published - 1994 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1994 MRS Spring Meeting - San Francisco, CA, USA Duration: Apr 4 1994 → Apr 8 1994 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering