High temperature superconductors have received a great deal of attention in recent years, due to their potential in device and power applications. This book summarises the materials science and physics of all the most important high temperature superconductors as well as discussing material growth, properties and applications.
Part one covers fundamental characteristics of high temperature superconductors and high TC films such as deposition technologies, growth, transport properties and optical conductivity. Part two is concerned with growth techniques and properties of high temperature superconductors, including YBCO, BSCCO and HTSC high TC films, and electron-doped cuprates. Finally, part three describes the various applications of high temperature superconductors, from Josephson junctons and dc-superconductive quantum inference devices (dc-SQUIDs) to microwave filters.
With its distinguished editor and international team of contributors, this book is an invaluable resource for those researching high temperature superconductors, in industry and academia. In light of the many recent advances in high temperature superconductors, it will benefit physicists, materials scientists and engineers working in this field, as well as in areas of industrial application, such as electronic devices and power transmission.
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Xianggang Qiu is a Professor and Group Leader at the National Laboratory for Superconductivity, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. He is widely known for his research into the growth and physical properties of high temperature superconductors under micro- and nano- scale and their heterostructures.
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Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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Preface
Part I: Fundamentals of high-temperature superconductors
Chapter 1: Deposition technologies, growth and properties of high-Tc films
Abstract:
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Deposition techniques
1.3 HTS film growth characterisation
1.4 Concluding remarks
1.5 Acknowledgement
1.6 References
Chapter 2: Transport properties of high-Tc cuprate thin films as superconductive materials
Abstract:
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Temperature dependence of the zero-field resistivity in superconducting La2 ? xSrxCuO4 thin films
2.3 Magnetoresistivity in superconducting La2 ? xSrxCuO4 thin films
2.4 Hall effect
2.5 General conclusion
2.7 References
Chapter 3: The optical conductivity of high-temperature superconductors
Abstract:
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The phase diagram of cuprate superconductors
3.3 Optical response of conducting media
3.4 The normal state
3.5 The superconducting state
3.5.2 Sum rules and the kinetic energy
3.6 Future trends
3.7 References
Part II: Growth techniques and properties of particular high-temperature superconductors
Chapter 4: Sputter deposition of large-area double-sided YBCO superconducting films
Abstract:
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Sputter deposition technique
4.3 Epitaxial YBCO thin films
4.4 Issues related to scale-up
4.5 Thickness-dependent superconductivity behavior
4.6 Challenges
4.7 Conclusions
4.8 References
Chapter 5: BSCCO high-Tc superconducting films
Abstract:
5.1 Growth techniques of BSCCO thin films
5.2 Physical properties of BSCCO thin films and multilayers
5.3 Concluding remarks and future trends
5.4 Acknowledgements
5.5 References
Chapter 6: Electron-doped cuprates as high-temperature superconductors
Abstract:
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Structure
6.3 Solid-state chemistry
6.4 Sample preparation
6.5 Electronic phase diagram
6.6 Physical properties (1) - normal-state properties
6.7 Physical properties (2) - superconducting properties
6.8 Electronic structure and spectroscopy
6.9 Summary
6.10 Acknowledgements
6.11 References
Chapter 7: Liquid phase epitaxy (LPE) growth of high-temperature superconducting films
Abstract:
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Fundamental study on LPE growth
7.3 LPE growth mechanism of REBCO films
7.4 Conclusion
7.5 References
Part III: Applications of high-temperature superconductors
Chapter 8: High-Tc Josephson junctions
Abstract:
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Types of high-Tc Josephson junctions
8.3 Grain boundary junctions
8.4 Artificial barrier junctions
8.5 Intrinsic Josephson junctions
8.6 Hybrid junctions
8.7 Future trends
8.8 References
Chapter 9: d-Wave YBCO dc superconductive quantum interference devices (dc SQUIDs)
Abstract:
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Grain boundary Josephson junctions
9.3 Dynamics of a current biased SQUID in the presence of an unconventional current phase relation
9.4 Probing the second harmonic component in the current phase relation by the magnetic field response of the SQUID
9.5 Quantum circuit applications: HTS SQUIDs as 'silent' quantum bit
9.6 Conclusions
9.7 References
Chapter 10: Microwave filters using high-temperature superconductors
Abstract:
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Superconductivity at microwave frequency
10.3 Superconducting transmission lines and related passive devices
10.4 Superconducting filter and receiver front-end subsystem
10.5 Superconducting meteorological radar
10.6 Summary
10.7 References
Index
