Molecular beam epitaxy growth of superconducting tantalum germanide
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| author | Strohbeen, Patrick J. Banerjee, Tathagata Brook, Aurelia M. Levy, Ido Sarney, Wendy L. van Dijk, Jechiel Orth, Hayden Mikalsen, Melissa Fatemi, Valla Shabani, Javad |
| author_facet | Strohbeen, Patrick J. Banerjee, Tathagata Brook, Aurelia M. Levy, Ido Sarney, Wendy L. van Dijk, Jechiel Orth, Hayden Mikalsen, Melissa Fatemi, Valla Shabani, Javad |
| contents | Developing new material platforms for use in superconductor-semiconductor hybrid structures is desirable due to limitations caused by intrinsic microwave losses present in commonly used III/V material systems. With the recent reports on tantalum superconducting qubits that show improvements over the Nb and Al counterparts, exploring Ta as an alternative superconductor in hybrid material systems is promising. Here, we study the growth of Ta on semiconducting Ge (001) substrates grown via molecular beam epitaxy. We show that at a growth temperature of 400$^{\circ}$C the Ta diffuses into the Ge matrix in a self-limiting nature resulting in smooth and abrupt surfaces and interfaces with roughness on the order of 3-7 Å as measured by atomic force microscopy and x-ray reflectivity. The films are found to be a mixture of Ta$_{5}$Ge$_{3}$ and TaGe$_{2}$ binary alloys and form a native oxide that seems to form a sharp interface with the underlying film. These films are superconducting with a $T_{C}\sim 1.8-2$K and $H_{C}^{\perp} \sim 1.88T$, $H_{C}^{\parallel} \sim 5.1T$. These results show this tantalum germanide film to be promising for future superconducting quantum information platforms. |
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| spellingShingle | Molecular beam epitaxy growth of superconducting tantalum germanide Strohbeen, Patrick J. Banerjee, Tathagata Brook, Aurelia M. Levy, Ido Sarney, Wendy L. van Dijk, Jechiel Orth, Hayden Mikalsen, Melissa Fatemi, Valla Shabani, Javad Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science Superconductivity Developing new material platforms for use in superconductor-semiconductor hybrid structures is desirable due to limitations caused by intrinsic microwave losses present in commonly used III/V material systems. With the recent reports on tantalum superconducting qubits that show improvements over the Nb and Al counterparts, exploring Ta as an alternative superconductor in hybrid material systems is promising. Here, we study the growth of Ta on semiconducting Ge (001) substrates grown via molecular beam epitaxy. We show that at a growth temperature of 400$^{\circ}$C the Ta diffuses into the Ge matrix in a self-limiting nature resulting in smooth and abrupt surfaces and interfaces with roughness on the order of 3-7 Å as measured by atomic force microscopy and x-ray reflectivity. The films are found to be a mixture of Ta$_{5}$Ge$_{3}$ and TaGe$_{2}$ binary alloys and form a native oxide that seems to form a sharp interface with the underlying film. These films are superconducting with a $T_{C}\sim 1.8-2$K and $H_{C}^{\perp} \sim 1.88T$, $H_{C}^{\parallel} \sim 5.1T$. These results show this tantalum germanide film to be promising for future superconducting quantum information platforms. |
| title | Molecular beam epitaxy growth of superconducting tantalum germanide |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science Superconductivity |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.01038 |