A Comparative Study on the Effective Surface Resistance of High-$T_c$ Superconductor Films as Measured by Using the S-parameter Circle-fit and the Lorentzian-fit Methods

S-parameter Circle-fit과 Lorentzian-fit 방법으로 측정된 고온초전도체 박막의 유효표면저항 비교

  • Kim, Min-Jeong (Department of Physics and Center for Emerging Wireless Transmission Technology, Konkuk University) ;
  • Jung, Ho-Sang (Department of Physics and Center for Emerging Wireless Transmission Technology, Konkuk University) ;
  • Lee, J.H. (Department of Physics and Center for Emerging Wireless Transmission Technology, Konkuk University) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Young (Department of Physics and Center for Emerging Wireless Transmission Technology, Konkuk University)
  • Published : 2008.04.30

Abstract

Measurements of surface resistance ($R_s$) of high temperature superconductor (HTS) films with accuracy are essential for microwave applications of HTS materials. In using the dielectric resonator method, uncertainties in the unloaded quality factor of the resonator cause significant errors in the measured $R_s$ of HTS films. We compare the Rs values of $YBa_2Cu_3O_{7-{\delta}}$ films calculated from the $Q_0$ as determined from the Lorentzian fit with that from the $Q_0$ as determined from the S-parameter circle-fit at temperatures between 15 K and 77 K. The two sets of values appeared to differ by 5%, 7%, 6%, and 11% at temperatures of 15, 60, 70, and 77 K, respectively, from each other, implying that careful error analysis needs to be performed in obtaining the $R_s$ of HTS films by using the Lorentzian-fit method, with the ones determined from the S-parameter circle-fit used as the reference.

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