Abstract:
(00l)-oriented and in-plane biaxially aligned yttria-stabilized zirconia(YSZ) thin films have been successfully fabricated on polycrystalline Ni-Cr metal alloys using ion beam assisted deposition (IBAD) as thebuffer layers of YBCO superconducting thin films. When the incident angle of bombarding ion beam to the substrate normal is about 54
0, the optimal (00l)-oriented textured thin films can be obtained. Improved structure can be realized after post-annealing of 800 ℃. YBCO thin films with Tc=88K and Jc=10
4 A/cm
2 (0T, 77K) have been synthesized on YSZ buffer layers using MOCVD method at 800 ℃, and we confirm the growth mechanism of YBCO thin films on textured YSZ buffer layers based on the results of Φ-scan.