ABSTRACT
Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O (BSCCO) is a layered cuprate superconductor having a more complicated structure including five atomic elements than Y-based superconductors, periodic spatial modulation, and strong anisotropy. In addition, the coexistence of two phases 2212 and 2223 occurs easily. Therefore, the growth of single-phasefilmis more difficult than that of Y-based 1 : 2 : 3 compounds; hence the fabrication of device is also not so easy. This is the reason why not many investigations on BSCCO devices have been done. The methods of BSCCO film growth so far developed are sputtering, molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), laser ablation, and MOCVD (Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition) as described in Chapters 20-25.
