We have found evidence through optical spectroscopy that AgO is indeed generated in the laser plume during pulsed laser deposition of YBa2Cu3O7−δ (YBCO) thin films using Ag-doped YBCO targets. This supports our earlier conjecture that formation of AgO in the plume and its subsequent dissociation at the elevated substrate temperature (since AgO is unstable above 350 °C) provides active oxygen to the YBCO lattice, thereby increasing oxygen incorporation during growth of YBCO thin films.
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