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Grain boundary Josephson devices by YBaCuO films and 77K operations

Conference · · IEEE Trans. Magn.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6044356

Magnetron sputtering and screen printing methods were used to fabricate YBaCuO films with thickness of 5 to 30..mu..m. The annealing of the films at 1000/sup 0/C gave abnormal grain growth. The grain size of the films was about 20 to 70..mu..m. With photolithography and razor cutting techniques, the films were formed to bridge type Josephson junctions having a few grain boundaries in the bridge regions. In the devices, clear Shapiro steps and SQUID patterns were observed at 77K. The experiments show that all currents flowing through grain boundaries are Josephson currents in YBaCuO polycrystalline films. Clear Josephson effects were observed in about 30% of the fabricated devices. The device may hae high potentials for high frequency detectors and SQUID flux sensors operative at 77K.

Research Organization:
Dept. of Electronics, and Dept. of Chemistry, Nagaoka Univ. of Technology, 1603-1, kamitomoika, Nagaoka, Niigata, 940-21 (JP)
OSTI ID:
6044356
Report Number(s):
CONF-880812-
Journal Information:
IEEE Trans. Magn.; (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Trans. Magn.; (United States) Vol. 25:2; ISSN IEMGA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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