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Thin Film Superconductors Frederick Thomas Sept. 26, 2012 Supervisor: Ruben Hühne
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What is a Superconductor?
A Superconductor is a type of material that has exactly zero electrical resistance. -Discovered on April 8, 1911 by Heike Onnes There are two types of superconductors: -Type 1 -Type 2 Also categorized by temperature -High Temperature Superconductors (HTS) -Low Temperature Superconductors
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Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide (YBa2Cu3O7-x)
Discovered by Georg Bednorz and Karl Müller in 1986 at IBM-Zurich -Famous for being the first HTS -Type 2 Superconductor The upper critical field is 120 T for B perpendicular and 250 T for B parallel to the a-b planes.
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Pulsed Laser Deposition
Pulsed laser deposition is a technique for creating thin films. Configuration for a Standard Film: -Substrate: Strontium Titanate (STO) -Temperature: 825°C -O2 pressure: 0.4mbar for YBCO 0.225mbar for YBCO + BZO -Laser: 2000 Pulses @ 5Hz with 123mJ
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Result of a Deposition
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Determining the properties of a superconductor
Four main types of measurements: • Critical Temperature measurement • Critical Current measurement, with or without field • Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) • X-ray Diffraction (XRD)
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Critical Temperature (Tc) • The critical temperature is the temperature that a
superconductor becomes superconducting • For HTS, Tc > 77K (Boiling point of liquid nitrogen) • Dependent on the laser frequency, number of pules
(thickness), temperature and oxygen pressure during deposition.
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Critical Current Density (Jc) • The maximum current that a wire can carry with zero
resistance is known as its critical current. • Measured by a program called Cyroscan • Usually between 2-5 MA/cm2
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Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) Used to get a picture of the surface of the superconductor, in order to see if there are any defects in the sample and what type of defects The thicker the YBCO layer, the more defects will show up Goal: Minimize the defects
Good: Bad:
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X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)
Used to determine the crystal structure and physical properties of the thin film. Application of Bragg’s Law: nλ = 2dsin(θ)
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Applications
Supratrans – A company using superconductivity for trains -Superconducting Motors -Fault-Current Limiters for power grids -Superconducting Transmission Lines
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References • http://www.superconductors.org/ • http://www.ifw-dresden.de/ • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yttrium_barium_copper_oxide • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-
temperature_superconductivity • http://www.supratrans.de/