Structural investigations of superconducting multilayers consisting of semiconducting materials

A. I. Erenburg, Yu V. Bomze, N. Ya Fogel, A. Yu Sipatov, A. I. Fedorenko, V. Langer, M. Norell

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Abstract

There are rather exotic semiconductor superlattices (SL) consisting of monochalcogenides of Pb, Sn, and rare-earth metals which exhibit superconductivity at temperature as high as 6 K. Here we report the results of precision x-ray diffractometry and TEM investigations as well as Auger spectroscopy data obtained on some of the epitaxially grown superconducting semiconductor SLs. It is established that the essential features of the SL structure determining the appearance of superconductivity are the perfect single-crystallinity of the samples and the presence of continuous dense grids of misfit dislocations on the interfaces between two semiconductors. The segregation of free Pb which was observed in some cases does not correlate, according to experimental data, with the appearance of superconductivity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)93-95
Number of pages3
JournalLow Temperature Physics
Volume27
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2001
Externally publishedYes

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  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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