High-Temperature Superconductors

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.

• Contributor contact detailsPrefacePart I: Fundamentals of high-temperature superconductorsChapter 1: Deposition technologies, growth and properties of high-Tc filmsAbstract:1.1 Introduction1.2 Deposition techniques1.3 HTS film growth characterisation1.4 Concluding remarks1.5 Acknowledgement1.6 ReferencesChapter 2: Transport properties of high-Tc cuprate thin films as superconductive materialsAbstract:2.1 Introduction2.2 Temperature dependence of the zero-field resistivity in superconducting La2 − xSrxCuO4 thin films2.3 Magnetoresistivity in superconducting La2 − xSrxCuO4 thin films2.4 Hall effect2.5 General conclusion2.7 ReferencesChapter 3: The optical conductivity of high-temperature superconductorsAbstract:3.1 Introduction3.2 The phase diagram of cuprate superconductors3.3 Optical response of conducting media3.4 The normal state3.5 The superconducting state3.5.2 Sum rules and the kinetic energy3.6 Future trends3.7 ReferencesPart II: Growth techniques and properties of particular high-temperature superconductorsChapter 4: Sputter deposition of large-area double-sided YBCO superconducting filmsAbstract:4.1 Introduction4.2 Sputter deposition technique4.3 Epitaxial YBCO thin films4.4 Issues related to scale-up4.5 Thickness-dependent superconductivity behavior4.6 Challenges4.7 Conclusions4.8 ReferencesChapter 5: BSCCO high-Tc superconducting filmsAbstract:5.1 Growth techniques of BSCCO thin films5.2 Physical properties of BSCCO thin films and multilayers5.3 Concluding remarks and future trends5.4 Acknowledgements5.5 ReferencesChapter 6: Electron-doped cuprates as high-temperature superconductorsAbstract:6.1 Introduction6.2 Structure6.3 Solid-state chemistry6.4 Sample preparation6.5 Electronic phase diagram6.6 Physical properties (1) – normal-state properties6.7 Physical properties (2) – superconducting properties6.8 Electronic structure and spectroscopy6.9 Summary6.10 Acknowledgements6.11 ReferencesChapter 7: Liquid phase epitaxy (LPE) growth of high-temperature superconducting filmsAbstract:7.1 Introduction7.2 Fundamental study on LPE growth7.3 LPE growth mechanism of REBCO films7.4 Conclusion7.5 ReferencesPart III: Applications of high-temperature superconductorsChapter 8: High-Tc Josephson junctionsAbstract:8.1 Introduction8.2 Types of high-Tc Josephson junctions8.3 Grain boundary junctions8.4 Artificial barrier junctions8.5 Intrinsic Josephson junctions8.6 Hybrid junctions8.7 Future trends8.8 ReferencesChapter 9: d-Wave YBCO dc superconductive quantum interference devices (dc SQUIDs)Abstract:9.1 Introduction9.2 Grain boundary Josephson junctions9.3 Dynamics of a current biased SQUID in the presence of an unconventional current phase relation9.4 Probing the second harmonic component in the current phase relation by the magnetic field response of the SQUID9.5 Quantum circuit applications: HTS SQUIDs as ‘silent’ quantum bit9.6 Conclusions9.7 ReferencesChapter 10: Microwave filters using high-temperature superconductorsAbstract:10.1 Introduction10.2 Superconductivity at microwave frequency10.3 Superconducting transmission lines and related passive devices10.4 Superconducting filter and receiver front-end subsystem10.5 Superconducting meteorological radar10.6 Summary10.7 ReferencesIndex

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