Ramp-edge junctions with interface-modified barriers fabricated on YBCO thick films

We fabricated ramp-edge junctions with an interface-modified barrier on YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub y/ (YBCO) liquid phase epitaxy (LPE) thick films. The LPE thick films were used as ground-planes. For the insulating layer between the ground plane and base electrode, a SrTiO/sub 3/ (STO)/(LaAlO/sub 3/)/sub 0.3/-(SrAl/sub 0.5/Ta/sub 0.5/O/sub 3/)/sub 0.7/ (LSAT)/STO multilayer with the dielectric constant of approximately 32 was employed. We fabricated ramp-edge junctions with La-doped YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub y/ (La-YBCO) and La-doped YbBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub y/ (La-YbBCO) as base and counter electrodes, respectively. The fabricated junctions exhibited resistively and capacitively shunted junction (RCSJ)-like characteristics and typical I/sub c/R/sub n/ products of 2.6 and 1.1 mV at 4.2 and 40 K, respectively. The 1 /spl sigma/-spread in I/sub c/ as small as 8.1% was obtained for 100-junction series-arrays. The use of ground plane reduced the sheet inductance of electrodes to a value of 0.76-0.94 pH/square at 4.2 K.

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