Tl/sub 2/Ba/sub 2/CaCu/sub 2/O/sub 8/ and YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7/ films on large area MgO and sapphire substrates for high power microwave and rf applications

This paper describes recent work at DuPont to extend the high power microwave performance of YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7/ and Tl/sub 2/Ba/sub 2/CaCu/sub 2/O/sub 8/ high T/sub c/ superconducting (HTS) films on 2 inch diameter MgO and sapphire substrates. The YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7/ films were produced by in-situ off-axis sputtering with radiant substrate heating. The Tl/sub 2/Ba/sub 2/CaCu/sub 2/O/sub 8/ films were produced by off-axis sputtering followed by annealing in oxygen and Tl/sub 2/O vapor. The microwave surface resistance and power handling of these films was measured over a wide range of temperature (20 K to 85 K) using an HTS-sapphire resonator technique. At 70 K, the surface resistance of YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7/ films on sapphire remained below 250 /spl mu//spl Omega/ (@8.1 GHz) for microwave surface current densities up to 1.7/spl times/10/sup 6/ A/cm/sup 2/. At 70 K, the surface resistance of Tl/sub 2/Ba/sub 2/CaCu/sub 2/O/sub 8/ films on MgO remained below 230 /spl mu//spl Omega/ (@8.1 GHz) with microwave current densities up to 2/spl times/10/sup 6/ A/cm/sup 2/.

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