Magnetic Levitation With High-T c Superconducting Thin Films

The levitation force between a permanent magnet and a superconducting thin film was investigated experimentally. The configuration consisted of a cylindrical NdFeB permanent magnet placed above a circular YBa₂Cu₃O_7?δ disk with common cylinder axis. Precise measurements were made of the vertical force F _z and the magnetic stiffness κ _z as a function of the magnet–superconductor separation at 77 K. Several features contrasting the levitation force produced using bulk superconductors were observed. Thin films produced very high values for F _z and κ _z per unit volume of superconducting material. The hysteretic behavior of F _z during decreasing and increasing separation resulted in loops of nearly symmetrical shape, which also contain a peak in the repulsive force branch. The observations are analyzed and explained with good quantitative agreement using recent theories for flux penetration in thin superconductors in transverse magnetic fields.     

How the Surface Resistance Rs of Patterned High-Tc Superconducting Thin Film Is Affected by the Film''s Edge

This paper defines an effective microwave surface resistance for the nonuniform distribution of microwave surface resistance R _s in the strip of a microstrip. It is proved that is equivalent to the expression of R _s used in experiments, and that the is dominated by the edge part, i.e., the area of width ²/2t from the strip edge, where is the magnetic penetration depth and t is the film thickness. Under the assumption that where is the component of rf magnetic field along the film thickness and n is an integer, the ratio of the contributions of the edge part and the rest of the strip to is calculated by using an approximate analytical expression of the surface current density distribution J _s in the strip and calculated by the London equation. The effect of film's edge on R _s was studied using a microstrip resonator. It is found that the perfectness of the edge could affect the magnitude of the power dependence of R _s significantly, which agreed with our analysis.     

高温超导磁悬浮测试系统

介绍一种高温超导磁悬浮测试系统,该系统主要包括液氮低温容器,永磁体轨道,数据采集和处理,机械传动和自动控制四部分,采用了能放量高温超导体块材的薄底液氮低温容器（杜瓦容器）,解决了将高温超导体块材置于永久磁体之上的磁悬浮测量问题,能实时检测多块或单块高温超导体块材的各种高温超导磁悬浮性能。     

Levitation Force Between a Point Magnetic Dipole and Superconducting Sphere

The magnetic interaction between a point dipole and a superconducting sphere in the Meissner state is investigated in detail. It is demonstrated that the special case of perfect flux exclusion can be solved by the method of images when the dipole is vertically magnetized. The incorporation of a nonzero penetration depth is then made by developing the solution within London theory. The analytic solution, given in terms of an infinite series representation, is refined by exactly summing the perfectly diamagnetic response. Throughout, special cases of physical interest are discussed and applications to magnetic force microscopy and levitation are described.     

Levitation Force between a Horizontally Oriented Point Magnetic Dipole and a Superconducting Sphere

The magnetic interaction between a point dipole of horizontally oriented moment and a superconducting sphere in the complete Meissner state is investigated in detail. It is demonstrated that the levitation force for this configuration is precisely one half the value of the configuration with vertically oriented point dipole. An extension to other applied fields, still assuming the perfect flux exclusion state, is presented. The results have application to models for magnetic levitation and magnetic force microscopy.     

Ruthenate and Cuprate High-Tc Superconductivity

The onset of superconductivity is 49 K in Cu-doped (but cuprate-plane-free) Sr₂YRuO₆, almost the same as the 45 K onsets in GdSr₂Cu₂RuO₈ and in R_{2 – z} Ce _z Sr₂Cu₂RuO₁₀ (for R = Gd or Eu), implying that the superconductivity in all four compounds originates in the SrO layers, not in the cuprate-planes. Muon studies show that the superconducting condensate in YBa₂Cu₃O₇ is either s-wave or extended s-wave, not d-wave, confirming earlier work.     

Phonon Mechanism of High-Tc Superconductivity

For a long time the majority view has been that phonons are irrelevant to the mechanism of high-temperature superconductivity. However, recent experimental results, including the neutron inelastic scattering measurements reviewed here, seriously challenge this view. We point out that the electron–phonon coupling in the cuprates can be substantially different from that in simple metals because of the covalency and strong electron correlation. In particular certain phonon branches induce substantial intersite charge transfer that can result in a negative electronic dielectric susceptibility. Such a strong electron–phonon coupling of certain modes could form the basis for the phonon mechanism of superconductivity in the cuprates.     

Deposition and Properties of Superconducting MgB2 Thin Films

The recently discovered superconductor MgB₂ with T _c at 39 K has great potential in superconducting electronics. In this paper, we review the deposition techniques used for MgB₂ thin films in the light of a thermodynamic study of the Mg-B system with the calculation of phase diagrams (CALPHAD) modeling technique. This thermodynamic study identifies a growth window in the pressure–temperature phase diagram, in which the magnesium pressure is very high for likely in situ growth temperatures. A Hybrid Physical–Chemical Vapor Deposition (HPCVD) technique that successfully achieves such a high Mg pressure is shown to produce in situ epitaxial MgB₂ thin films with bulk superconducting properties.     

Effects of Small Fields on the Magnetic Response of Superconducting Thin Films of MgB2

Under the influence of a magnetic field applied perpendicularly to its plane, a superconducting thin film develops dendritic patterns of penetrated regions that coexist with Meissner areas. For a thin film of MgB₂ submitted to an alternate field of moderate amplitude, the AC susceptibility measured while cooling the sample exhibits a quite unusual behavior, reentering and fluctuating with temperature. The effect is more pronounced at frequencies around 1 kHz. Two plausible explanations for the effect are discussed.     

Microwave Properties of In Situ Grown MgB2 Superconducting Thin Films

The electrodynamic response at 20 GHz of c-axis oriented MgB₂ superconducting thin films is reported. Mg-rich Mg-B precursor samples were grown on MgO and Al₂O₃ single crystal substrates by a d.c. planar magnetron sputtering technique, and subsequently annealed in situ at 800°C for 10 min in a In-sealed Nb box in the presence of saturated Mg vapor. The films were characterized by a variety of structural and electronic techniques including XRD, EDS, STM-AFM analyses, and transport measurements. The dependence of the surface impedance from temperature and radiofrequency (r.f.) field amplitude was measured via a dielectric resonator technique. Temperature data clearly confirm the s-wave nature of the newly discovered superconductor, even if the value of the energy gap is smaller than BCS prediction. An effective two-band model can be applied to quantitatively explain the experimental results. In spite of previous reports claiming the absence of weak link behavior in MgB₂, the power dependence show that granularity governs the performance of these films in the microwave region.     

The Edge Effect of a Microstrip Resonator on the Field Dependence of the Surface Resistance of a High-Tc Superconducting Thin Film

A new behavior of the field dependence of microwave surface resistance (R _s), which was observed on a microstrip resonator and may be caused by the edge of the center strip, is reported in this paper for epitaxial high-T _c superconducting (HTSC) thin films. The exhibited behavior is that R _s remains almost unchanged below a certain rf magnetic field H _rf, and then increases abruptly at this field, after which it increases in proportion to H _rf. To explain the behavior, the morphology of the microstrip resonator was examined by atomic force microscopy (AFM), which showed that the edge of the resonator was damaged in some regions because of the acid etching. If the damaged edge is considered as a weakened granular superconductor, the observed R _s behavior could be explained well in terms of the high-frequency critical state model. This implies that the edge condition should be considered in studying the field dependence of R _s when the planar resonator technique is used.     

Growth of Tl-2201 Superconducting Thin Films on Single Crystal LaAlO3

The growth of Tl-2201 films on LaAlO₃ single crystal substrates has been investigated. The synthesis involved precursor films made by laser ablation that were treated with Tl₂O(g) in near-equilibrium conditions. By optimising the method of preparation, we obtained films that were highly smooth, c-axis oriented and epitaxial. The rocking curve of the (0010) reflection had a FWHM of 0.27°. A T_c of 92K was achieved without post-annealing.     

TES用超导薄膜制备及特性研究

超导转变边沿传感器(TES)是光强单位坎[德拉]量子化所需的单光子探测器,金属超导薄膜物理特性的研究是TES研究的基础.采用不同电源功率磁控溅射制备高纯Al、Ti超导纳米薄膜,分析其薄膜生长速率随气压和功率的变化.利用表面应力仪及电学测量仪,分析薄膜表面应力及电学特征.最后将薄膜放入商用稀释制冷机中,进行超低温测试,获...     

沉积膜厚度对NdFeB薄膜形貌和磁性能的影响

采用直流磁控溅射法,以P型单晶硅为基体材料,通过调整溅射时间制备出不同厚度的NdFeB薄膜.然后对不同厚度的薄膜运用相关仪器进行表征,结果表明,NdFeB薄膜厚度随着溅射时间的延长呈现近似线性增加,不同溅射时间段的沉积速率近似相同.矫顽力随着薄膜的厚度和Nd含量的增加而增加,薄膜中F的含量由84.01％降至81.65％,Nd含量由10.73％升至13.10％,B含量在5.25％～5.38％范围内浮动.     

软磁性薄膜微波磁特性的研究进展

概述了软磁性单层膜、多层膜、颗粒膜的微波磁特性研究进展,对这些薄膜的基本磁性和微波磁性进行了总结和讨论,得出软磁纳米晶薄膜可望成为应用于微波领域的主体候选材料,指出了Co(Fe)基软磁性薄膜微波特性的研究方向.     

High-Tc superconductors: New insights from angle-resolved photoemission

Recent angle-resolved photoemission (ARPES) studies of the high-T _c superconductors by the Argonne group are briefly reviewed. First we discuss sum rules to establish a spectral function interpretation of the data, and the use of ARPES to obtain the momentum distribution. We then apply these ideas to the normal and superconducting state spectra for B₂Sr₂Cu₂O₈. Among the topics discussed are the Fermi surface, polarization selection rules, bilayer splitting, and the superconducting gap.     

单层二氧化铪（HfO2）薄膜的特性研究

利用电子束蒸发、离子束辅助沉积和离子束反应溅射三种制备方法制备了单层HfO2薄膜,对薄膜样品的晶体结构、光学特性、表面形貌以及吸收特性进行了研究。实验结果表明,薄膜特性与制备工艺有着密切的关系。电子束蒸发和离子束反应溅射制备的薄膜为非晶结构,而离子束辅助制备的薄膜为多晶结构。电子束蒸发制备的薄膜折射率较低,薄膜比较疏松,表面粗糙度较小,吸收相对较小,而离子束辅助以及离子束反应溅射制备的薄膜折射率较高,薄膜的结构比较致密,但表面粗糙度较大,吸收相对较大。不同制备工艺条件下薄膜的光学能隙范围为5.30～5.43eV,对应的吸收边的范围为228.4～234.0nm。     

Percolation, Fractal Behavior, and High-Tc Superconductivity

Hole suppliers like Sr in doped La₂CuO₄ are mainly randomly distributed. Assuming that the holes are dislocated over a few lattice constants away from the Sr atom, the conducting areas form randomly distributed circles in the CuO₂ layer planes. Conductivity and also superconductivity can occur only when these circles touch each other and form percolation clusters. Mobile holes are accompanied by diffusing d-electrons. Their spin direction is no longer localized on distinct places, and antiferromagnetism breaks down. The phase diagram of high-T _c superconductors is discussed on the basis of a modified continuum percolation model for which the centers of each circle are located on lattice points. The inhomogeneities due to the random hole distributions lead to broad peaks instead of sharp singularities in the static and dynamic response functions.     

溅射功率对LiCoO2薄膜结构及性能的影响研究

采用射频磁控溅射技术,在不锈钢衬底上沉积制备了(003)取向的LiCoO₂薄膜。通过X射线衍射仪、扫描电镜、拉曼及电化学测试探究了溅射功率对LiCoO₂薄膜结构及电化学性能的影响。结果表明在80-160 W功率范围内,适当增加功率有助于Co与O的键合,提高薄膜的结晶度。功率为120 W时,首次放电比容量为40.9μAh cm^-2μm^-1,循环100圈后容量保持率为61.2%;但当功率提高到160 W时,由于过快的沉积速率难以与粒子在衬底表面的扩散速率相匹配反而会造成LiCoO₂结晶度下降,晶格产生畸变,阻碍了Li+在材料内部的扩散,循环100圈后容量保持率只有54.2%。