Investigation of the deposition of $α$-tantalum (110) films on a-plane sapphire substrate by molecular beam epitaxy for superconducting circuit

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Main Authors: Jia, Haolin, Zhou, Boyi, Wang, Tao, Wu, Yanfu, Yang, lina, Ding, Zengqian, Li, Shuming, Xiong, Kanglin, Feng, Jiagui
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author Jia, Haolin
Zhou, Boyi
Wang, Tao
Wu, Yanfu
Yang, lina
Ding, Zengqian
Li, Shuming
Xiong, Kanglin
Feng, Jiagui
author_facet Jia, Haolin
Zhou, Boyi
Wang, Tao
Wu, Yanfu
Yang, lina
Ding, Zengqian
Li, Shuming
Xiong, Kanglin
Feng, Jiagui
contents Polycrystalline α-tantalum (110) films deposited on c-plane sapphire substrate by sputtering are used in superconducting qubits nowadays. However, these films always occasionally form other structures, such as α-tantalum (111) grains and \b{eta}-tantalum grains. To improve the film quality, we investigate the growth of α-tantalum (110) films on a-plane sapphire substrate under varying conditions by molecular beam epitaxy technology. The optimized α-tantalum (110) film is single crystal, with a smooth surface and atomically flat metal-substrate interface. The film with thickness of 30 nm shows a Tc of 4.12K and a high residual resistance ratio of 9.53. The quarter wavelength coplanar waveguide resonators fabricated with the 150 nm optimized α-tantalum (110) film, exhibits intrinsic quality factor of over one million under single photon excitation at millikelvin temperature.
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spellingShingle Investigation of the deposition of $α$-tantalum (110) films on a-plane sapphire substrate by molecular beam epitaxy for superconducting circuit
Jia, Haolin
Zhou, Boyi
Wang, Tao
Wu, Yanfu
Yang, lina
Ding, Zengqian
Li, Shuming
Xiong, Kanglin
Feng, Jiagui
Applied Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Polycrystalline α-tantalum (110) films deposited on c-plane sapphire substrate by sputtering are used in superconducting qubits nowadays. However, these films always occasionally form other structures, such as α-tantalum (111) grains and \b{eta}-tantalum grains. To improve the film quality, we investigate the growth of α-tantalum (110) films on a-plane sapphire substrate under varying conditions by molecular beam epitaxy technology. The optimized α-tantalum (110) film is single crystal, with a smooth surface and atomically flat metal-substrate interface. The film with thickness of 30 nm shows a Tc of 4.12K and a high residual resistance ratio of 9.53. The quarter wavelength coplanar waveguide resonators fabricated with the 150 nm optimized α-tantalum (110) film, exhibits intrinsic quality factor of over one million under single photon excitation at millikelvin temperature.
title Investigation of the deposition of $α$-tantalum (110) films on a-plane sapphire substrate by molecular beam epitaxy for superconducting circuit
topic Applied Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.09566