Ellipsometric Study Of YBa2Cu3O7-x

M K Kelly; D E Aspnes; P Barbour; J M Tarascon; Siu-Wai Chan; K Jenkin II

doi:10.1117/12.951636

15 August 1989 Ellipsometric Study Of YBa₂Cu₃O₇-x

M K Kelly, D E Aspnes, P Barbour, J M Tarascon, Siu-Wai Chan, K Jenkin II

Proceedings Volume 1056, Photochemistry in Thin Films; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.951636
Event: OE/LASE '89, 1989, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The high-temperature superconducting material, YBa2Cu307.x, and other related materials have a complex chemical bonding structure that makes the electronic structure difficult to understand. In addition, the oxygen stoichiometry, which is variable, is critical to the conductivity and superconductivity of the material. Using spectroscopic ellipsometry, we have studied the chemical dependence of the optical properties and found that these properties can be separated into contributions of the local chemical structures. This includes the identification of a strong absorption feature at 4.1 eV with linear 0-Cul+-0 complexes that form as a result of oxygen vacancies. Therefore we can use this feature to indicate oxygen loss at the surface. We have found that the formation of interfaces with Al or In causes such oxygen loss, but interfaces with Ag and Au do not. Room temperature vacuum exposure does not cause measurable oxygen loss at the surface.

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M K Kelly, D E Aspnes, P Barbour, J M Tarascon, Siu-Wai Chan, and K Jenkin II "Ellipsometric Study Of YBa₂Cu₃O₇-x", Proc. SPIE 1056, Photochemistry in Thin Films, (15 August 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.951636

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