Solution-growth of ultra-thin, insulating layers of zirconia for passivation and tunnel junction fabrication on YBCO thin films

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 13, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 801-804

  Hentges, P J ^a   Westwood, G ^a   Aubin, H ^b   Klemperer, W G ^a   Greene, L H ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

High temperature superconductors; Superconducting devices; Tunneling

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TUNNELING; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; PASSIVATION; THIN FILMS;

PLANAR TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 0042441977     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2003.814048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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