**4. Conclusion**

The post heat treatment studies on IR Nd:YAG PLD films is an important stage in developing the technique to be a competitive and alternative technique in producing high *Tc* superconducting films for electronic applications. The use of non-toxic lasers to deposit coupled with appropriate heat treatment profiles to grow the films is an efficient tool in minimizing the complicated control of parameters in conventional PLD of high *Tc* superconductor materials. It is envisioned that IR Nd:YAG PLD technique can grow high quality materials with critical current densities useful in the production of films for second generation coated conductors.
