A THIN FILM OF OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTOR POSSESSING LOCALLY DIFFERENT CRYSTAL ORIENTATIONS AND PROCESSES FOR PREPARING THE SAME

摘要

A thin film of oxide superconductor consisting of more than two portions (10; 11, 12) each possessing a predetermined crystal orientation and deposited on a common surface of a substrate (2). At least one selected portion (10) of the thin film of oxide superconductor is deposited on a thin under-layer (4, 100) which facilitates crystal growth of the selected portion and which is deposited previously on the substrate. The selected portions (10) may consist of a-axis oriented thin film portions while non-selected portions (ll, 12) may consists of c-axis oriented thin film portions. The thin under-layer can be a buffer layer (4) or a very thin film (100) of oxide superconductor.