Thin film growth by pulsed laser deposition and properties of 122-type iron-based superconductor AE(Fe1--xCox)2As2 (AE = alkaline earth)

Abstract

This paper reports comprehensive results on thin-film growth of 122-type iron-pnictide superconductors, AE(Fe1-xCox)2As2 (AE = Ca, Sr, and Ba, AEFe2As2:Co) by a pulsed laser deposition method using a neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet laser as an excitation source. The most critical parameter to produce the SrFe2As2:Co and BaFe2As2:Co phases is the substrate temperature (Ts). It is difficult to produce highly-pure CaFe2As2:Co phase thin film at any Ts. For BaFe2As2:Co epitaxial films, controlling Ts at 800-850 °C and growth rate to 2.8-3.3 Å/s produced high-quality films with good crystallinity, flat surfaces, and high critical current densities > 1 MA/cm2, which were obtained for film thicknesses from 100 to 500 nm. The doping concentration x was optimized for Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2 epitaxial films, leading to the highest critical temperature of 25.5 K in the epitaxial films with the nominal x = 0.075.

arXiv commentwill be published in the special issue of Superconductor Science and Technology, `Iron12'

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