Research Progress on Superconducting Films Prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition

Abstract

Abstract: Since playing an indispensable role in both the application and mechanism of superconductivity, superconducting films are the important link between them. Pulsed laser deposition (PLD) is one of the most commonly used techniques for growing superconducting films. In this article, the research progress on superconducting films including cuprate, iron-based, nitride and titanium oxide films by PLD is reviewed, and two developed PLD methods like superconducting long-tape and large-area-film techniques for the practical application of high-T_c superconductors are introduced. Additionally, an advanced film preparation method for high-throughput combinatorial films based on genetic engineering is recently utilized for the research of high-T_c superconductivity. Further development of the novel high-throughput superconductivity research mode will be successfully employed for building high-dimensional phase diagrams, exploring more key quantitative laws and then understanding the underlying mechanism of high-T_c superconductivity.

Key words: superconducting film, pulsed laser deposition, mechanism of superconductivity, application of superconductor, high-T_c superconductor, high-throughput combinatorial film

CLC Number:

TM26
O484.1

LIN Zefeng, SUN Weixuan, LIU Tianxiang, TU Sijia, NI Zhuang, BAI Xinbo, ZHAO Zhanyi, ZHANG Jiquan, CHEN Fucong, HU Wei, FENG Zhongpei, YUAN Jie, JIN Kui. Research Progress on Superconducting Films Prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition[J]. Journal of Synthetic Crystals, 2023, 52(6): 1036-1051.

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