Enhancement of lower critical field by reducing the thickness of epitaxial and polycrystalline MgB 2 thin films

Tan, Teng; Wolak, M. A.; Acharya, Narendra; Krick, Alex; Lang, Andrew C.; Sloppy, Jennifer; Taheri, Mitra L.; Civale, L.; Chen, Ke; Xi, X. X.

doi:10.1063/1.4916696

Title: Enhancement of lower critical field by reducing the thickness of epitaxial and polycrystalline MgB ₂ thin films

Abstract

For potential applications in superconducting RF cavities, we have investigated the properties of polycrystalline MgB₂ films, including the thickness dependence of the lower critical field Hc₁. MgB₂ thin films were fabricated by hybrid physical-chemical vapor deposition on (0001) SiC substrate either directly (for epitaxial films) or with a MgO buffer layer (for polycrystalline films). When the film thickness decreased from 300 nm to 100 nm, Hc₁ at 5 K increased from around 600 Oe to 1880 Oe in epitaxial films and to 1520 Oe in polycrystalline films. The result is promising for using MgB₂/MgO multilayers to enhance the vortex penetration field.

Authors:

; Wolak, M. A.; Acharya, Narendra; Krick, Alex; Lang, Andrew C.; Sloppy, Jennifer; Taheri, Mitra L.; Civale, L.;

; Xi, X. X.

Publication Date:: Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1179641

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1200906; OSTI ID: 1421210

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0011616

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: APL Materials

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: APL Materials Journal Volume: 3 Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 2166-532X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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                    Tan, Teng, Wolak, M. A., Acharya, Narendra, Krick, Alex, Lang, Andrew C., Sloppy, Jennifer, Taheri, Mitra L., Civale, L., Chen, Ke, and Xi, X. X. Enhancement of lower critical field by reducing the thickness of epitaxial and polycrystalline MgB 2 thin films.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Tan, Teng, Wolak, M. A., Acharya, Narendra, Krick, Alex, Lang, Andrew C., Sloppy, Jennifer, Taheri, Mitra L., Civale, L., Chen, Ke, & Xi, X. X. Enhancement of lower critical field by reducing the thickness of epitaxial and polycrystalline MgB 2 thin films.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4916696

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                    Tan, Teng, Wolak, M. A., Acharya, Narendra, Krick, Alex, Lang, Andrew C., Sloppy, Jennifer, Taheri, Mitra L., Civale, L., Chen, Ke, and Xi, X. X. Wed .  
"Enhancement of lower critical field by reducing the thickness of epitaxial and polycrystalline MgB 2 thin films".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4916696.

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  title        = {Enhancement of lower critical field by reducing the thickness of epitaxial and polycrystalline MgB 2 thin films},

  author       = {Tan, Teng and Wolak, M. A. and Acharya, Narendra and Krick, Alex and Lang, Andrew C. and Sloppy, Jennifer and Taheri, Mitra L. and Civale, L. and Chen, Ke and Xi, X. X.},

  abstractNote = {For potential applications in superconducting RF cavities, we have investigated the properties of polycrystalline MgB₂ films, including the thickness dependence of the lower critical field Hc₁. MgB₂ thin films were fabricated by hybrid physical-chemical vapor deposition on (0001) SiC substrate either directly (for epitaxial films) or with a MgO buffer layer (for polycrystalline films). When the film thickness decreased from 300 nm to 100 nm, Hc₁ at 5 K increased from around 600 Oe to 1880 Oe in epitaxial films and to 1520 Oe in polycrystalline films. The result is promising for using MgB₂/MgO multilayers to enhance the vortex penetration field.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.4916696},

  journal      = {APL Materials},

  number       = 4,

  volume       = 3,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015},

  month        = {Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015}

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