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Processing Effects on the Contact Resistance of Ion Beam Sputtered Silver on Highly Oriented C-Axis and A-Axis YBCO Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

M. Narbutovskih ,
J. Rosner ,
P. Merchant  and
R. D. Jacowitz
M. Narbutovskih
Affiliation:
Hewlett-Packard Company, 3500 Deer Creek Road, Palo Alto, CA.
J. Rosner
Affiliation:
Hewlett-Packard Company, 3500 Deer Creek Road, Palo Alto, CA.
P. Merchant
Affiliation:
Hewlett-Packard Company, 3500 Deer Creek Road, Palo Alto, CA.
R. D. Jacowitz
Affiliation:
Hewlett-Packard Company, 3500 Deer Creek Road, Palo Alto, CA.
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Abstract

This paper reports on the processes used to achieve low resistance silver contacts to YBCO thin films that have either c-axis or a-axis orientation. Characterization by x-ray diffraction and TEM verified that these films are highly oriented with either the a or the c axis oriented perpendicular to the substrate surface. TEM examination of some of the Ag/YBCO interfaces reveals the presence of an amorphous layer. We will describe the effects of ion beam etching and RTA alloying on the contact resistivity for both orientations.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 275: Symposium S – Layered Superconductors: Fabrication, Properties and Applications , 1992 , 723
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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