کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1820114 1525773 2007 4 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Intrinsic Josephson junctions in mesas and ultrathin BSCCO single crystals: Ultimate control of shape and dimensions
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه فیزیک و نجوم فیزیک ماده چگال
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Intrinsic Josephson junctions in mesas and ultrathin BSCCO single crystals: Ultimate control of shape and dimensions
چکیده انگلیسی
We describe experiments which are only possible through an ultimate control of sample shape and dimensions down to nanometer scale whereby transport measurements can be done in various restricted geometries. We use photolithography patterning together with a flip-chip technique to isolate very thin (d ∼ 100 nm) pieces of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ (BSCCO) single crystals. Ar-ion milling allows us to further thin these crystals down to a few nanometers in a controlled way. With decreasing thickness below two to three unit cells, the superconducting transition temperature gradually decreases to zero and the in-plane resistivity increases to large values indicating the existence of a superconductor-insulator transition in these ultrathin single crystals. In a refined technique, a precise control of the etching depth from both sides of the crystal makes it possible to form stacks of intrinsic Josephson junctions (IJJs) inside the ultrathin single crystals. The stacks can be tailor-made to any microscopic height (0-9 nm < d), i.e. enclosing a specific number of IJJs (0-6). In certain geometries, by feeding current into the topmost Cu2O4-layer of a mesa on the surface of a BSCCO single crystal, we measured the critical value of this current by detecting a sharp upturn or break in the current-voltage characteristics. From this, we estimate the sheet critical current density of a single Cu2O4 plane to be ∼0.3-0.7 A/cm at 4.5 K, corresponding to a bulk current density of ∼2-5 MA/cm2. These values are among the largest ever reported for BSCCO single crystals, thin-films and tapes.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications - Volumes 460–462, Part 1, 1 September 2007, Pages 316-319
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