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@ARTICLE{Faley:49944,
author = {Faley, M. M. and Jia, C. L. and Houben, L. and Meertens, D.
and Poppe, U. and Urban, K.},
title = {{M}eandering of the grain boundary and d-wave effects in
high-{T}c bicrystal {J}osephson junctions},
journal = {Superconductor science and technology},
volume = {19},
issn = {0953-2048},
address = {Bristol},
publisher = {IOP Publ.},
reportid = {PreJuSER-49944},
pages = {195 - 199},
year = {2006},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012},
abstract = {We have produced submicrometre wide bicrystal Josephson
junctions on the basis of YBa2Cu3O7-delta (YBCO) films and
investigated their microstructure and superconducting
properties. A 300 nm thick buffer layer of SrTiO3 on the
SrTiO3 bicrystal substrates has helped to improve the
quality and reproducibility of the junctions. The surface of
the films at the grain boundary (GB) was investigated by
high-resolution scanning electron microscopy (HRSEM). This
has revealed one unit cell steps on the YBCO film surface
and meandering of the GB in the YBCO film. Planar
transmission electron microscopy investigations of the
junction have confirmed that the GB in YBCO had a linear
deviation from the underlying GB in the substrate up to
similar to 0.4 mu m. The observed spread of the angles of
the deviation of the GB in the film from the direction of
the GB in the substrate on the slot- and other defect-free
parts of the GB was below 10 degrees. Due to the d-wave
symmetry of the order parameter in YBCO the reduction of the
curvature of the GB leads to an improvement of the
homogeneity of the current flow and a doubling of the
critical current I-c of the junction. The observed IcRn
product of symmetric 20 degrees bicrystal junctions was
similar to 400 mu V at 77.4 K and similar to 1 mV at 63 K.
Integration of such junctions in SQUIDs with a square 16 mm
multilayer flux transformer has allowed us, for the first
time, to reach a field resolution for the high-T-c
magnetometers of similar to 3.5 fT Hz(-1/2) at 77.4 K.},
keywords = {J (WoSType)},
cin = {IFF-IMF / JARA-FIT},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB37 / $I:(DE-82)080009_20140620$},
pnm = {Kondensierte Materie / Grundlagen für zukünftige
Informationstechnologien},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK414 / G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK412},
shelfmark = {Physics, Applied / Physics, Condensed Matter},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000238405900007},
doi = {10.1088/0953-2048/19/5/S06},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/49944},
}