Structural inhomogeneities in thin epitaxial films of YBa2Cu3O7-δ and their effects on superconducting properties

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 308-309, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 420-424

  Qadri, S B ^a   Skelton, E F ^a   Broussard, P R ^a   Cestone, V C ^a   Osofsky, M S ^a   Browning, V M ^a   Reeves, M E ^b   Prusseit, W ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inhomogeneities; Superconductivity

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); EPITAXIAL GROWTH; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; LATTICE CONSTANTS; OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM (FWHM); HIGH RESOLUTION X RAY TOPOGRAPHY;

SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS;

EID: 0346045996     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-6090(97)00597-X     Document Type: Article

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