Hp. Lang et al., ERBA2CU4O8(001) THIN-FILMS STUDIED BY SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY AND HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY, Physica. C, Superconductivity, 235, 1994, pp. 681-682
ErBa2Cu4O8(001) (Er 124) thin films have been prepared by pulsed laser
deposition from ceramic Er 124. Transmission electron microscopy and
electron diffraction is used to identify the Er 124 phase in both cera
mics and thin films. Scanning tunneling microscopy images of the film
samples show growth hills with steps having a height of 2.7 mm. This i
mplies that the growth unit is the full crystallographic cell with two
ErBa2Cu4O8 units.