In-situ growth of superconducting SmO1−xFxFeAs thin films by pulsed laser deposition
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Oxypnictide thin film growth by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) is one of many insufficiently resolved issues in the research of iron-based superconductors. Here we report on the successful realization of superconducting SmO1-xFxFeAs oxypnictide thin film growth by in-situ PLD on CaF2 (fluorite) substrates. CaF2 acts as fluorine supplier by diffusion and thus enables superconducting oxypnictide thin film growth by PLD. Films are grown heteroepitaxially and characteristically have a broad resistive normal-to-superconducting transition. Best films have onset transition temperatures around 40 K. The proposed in-situ PLD film growth offers an alternative and cheap route for the fabrication of iron oxypnictides. PLD becomes now an additional option for iron oxypnictide synthesis.
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