ETCHING OF YBA2CU3OY SURFACE BY SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE

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CHEN, S [1 ]
WANG, LM [1 ]
YANG, HC [1 ]
HORNG, HE [1 ]
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[1] NATL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIV,DEPT PHYS,TAIPEI 117,TAIWAN
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PHYSICA B | 1994年 / 194卷 / pt 1期
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10.1016/0921-4526(94)90525-8
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
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We report the controlled and systematic modification with scanning tunneling microscope (STM) of the surface in bilayer YBa2Cu3Oy/PrBa2Cu3Oy (120/960) films. The number in parenthesis refers to the thickness of each layer in units of Angstrom. The bias voltage of the tip was kept negative and was varied from - 600 to - 1200 mV. The tip was operated in a constant tunneling mode with 0.3 - 0.6 nA of tunneling current and the scanning rate was 1 Hz. Etching of the YBCO/PBCO (120/960) begins with a nucleation of holes and can be achieved by successive scanning a fixed area.
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