| Issue |
EPL
Volume 90, Number 5, June 2010
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| Article Number | 57005 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure, Electrical, Magnetic and Optical Properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/90/57005 | |
| Published online | 02 July 2010 | |
Fabrication of superconducting oxypnictide thin films
IFW Dresden - P. O. Box 270116, D-01171 Dresden, Germany, EU
Corresponding author: M.Kidszun@ifw-dresden.de
Received:
21
January
2010
Accepted:
1
June
2010
Superconducting LaFeAsO1-xFx thin films were successfully deposited on (001)-oriented LaAlO3 substrates from stoichiometric polycrystalline LaFeAsO1-xFx targets with a fluorine concentration of up to x = 0.25. For thin film fabrication we used pulsed laser deposition at room temperature in combination with a post annealing process. In this paper we present this technique in detail, which is successfully applied on thin film growth of the iron-based “1111” LaFeAsO1-xFx compound. An extensive transmission electron microscopy analysis revealed further particulars about the formation and spacial distribution of the impurities. There are likewise promising results on growing superconducting GdFeAsO1-xFx thin films.
PACS: 74.70.Xa – Pnictides and chalcogenides / 74.78.-w – Superconducting films and low-dimensional structures / 68.55.-a – Thin film structure and morphology
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