• Title/Summary/Keyword: $LaAlO_3$ and $SrTiO_3$

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Crystal Structure and Physical Property of Tetragonal-like Epitaxial Bismuth Ferrites Film

  • Nam, Joong-Hee;Biegalski, Michael;Christen, Hans M.;Kim, Byung-Ik
    • 한국자기학회:학술대회 개요집
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    • 한국자기학회 2011년도 임시총회 및 하계학술연구발표회
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    • pp.7-8
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    • 2011
  • Basically, the lattice mismatch between film and substrate can make those BiFeO3(BFO) films distorted with strain structure. BFO phase can be stabilized on LaAlO3(LAO) represents the example of a multiferroic with giant axial ratio. Its crystal structure is not strictly tetragonal, but tetragonal with a slight monoclinic distortion and related to the rotation of the oxygen octahedra. In this study, we show that phases with a tetragonal-like epitaxial BFO films can indeed be ferroelectric and also can be stabilized via epitaxial growth onto LAO. Recent reports on epitaxial BFO films show that the crystal structure changes from nearly rhombohedral ("R-like") to nearly tetragonal("T-like") at strains exceeding approximately -4.5%, with the "T-like" structure being characterized by a highly enhanced c/a ratio. While both the "R-like" and the "T-like" phases are monoclinic, our detailed x-ray diffraction results reveal asymmetry change from MA and MC type, respectively. By applying additional strain or by modifying the unit cell volume of the film by substituting Ba for Bi, the monoclinic distortion in the "T-like" MC phase is reduced, i.e. the system approaches a true tetragonal symmetry. There are two different M-H loops for $Bi_{1-x}Ba_xFeO_{3-{\delta}}$(BBFO) and BFO films on SrTiO3(STO) & LAO substrates. Along with the ferroelectric characterization, these magnetic data indicate that the BFO phase stabilized on LAO represents the first example of a multiferroic with giant axial ratio. However, there is a significant difference between this phase and other predicted ferroelectrics with a giant axial ratio: its crystal structure is not strictly tetragonal, but tetragonal with a slight monoclinic distortion. Therefore, in going from bulk to highly-strained films, a phase sequence of rhombohedral(R)-to-monoclinic ["R-like" MA-to-monoclinic, "T-like" MC-to-tetragonal (T)] is observed. This sequence is otherwise seen only near morphotropic phase boundaries in lead-based solid-solution perovskites (i.e. near a compositionally induced phase instability), where it can be controlled by electric field, temperature, or composition. Our results show that this evolution can occur in a lead-free, stoichiometric material and can be induced by stress alone. Those major results are summarized as follows ; 1) Ba-doping increases the unit cell volume, 2) BBFO on LAO can be fully strained up to x=0.08 as a strain limit (Fig. 1), 3) P(E) & M(H) properties can be tuned by the variation of composition, strain, and film thickness.

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도파관 공진기를 이용한 마이크로파 근접장 현미경의 특성에 관한 연구 (A Study on Properties of a Near-Field Microwave Microscope Using a Waveguide Resonator)

  • 김현;김송희;김주영;이기진
    • 비파괴검사학회지
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    • 제28권1호
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    • pp.16-24
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    • 2008
  • 섭동이론인 형태 섭동과 물질 섭동을 적용하여 도파관 공진기를 사용한 마이크로파 근접장 현미경의 특성에 대해 연구하였다. 먼저, Ansoft사의 HFSS (high frequency structure simulator)를 사용하여 공진기 내부의 모드해석과 함께 공진기에서 선형 및 고리형 탐침에 대해 전력전달이 최대가 되고 탐침의 감도 향상을 기대할 수 있는 위치를 확인하였다. 더불어, 유전율이 서로 다른 유전체 시료 (teflon, glass, $Al_2Q_3,\;LaAlO_3,\;SrTiO_3$)에 대해 마이크로파 반사계수$(S_{11})$를 측정하였다. 측정결과로부터 유전율이 증가함에 따라 마이크로파 반사계수$(S_{11})$는 증가하고 공진주파수는 감소하였다. 이를 통해, 도파관 공진기를 이용한 마이크로파 근접장 현미경에서 선형 및 고리형 탐침의 위치에 따른 공진기의 감도 및 공진특성에 대해 알아보았다.