Microstructure of epitaxial potassium niobate thin films prepared by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition

1996 ◽  
Vol 68 (6) ◽  
pp. 761-763 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Nystrom ◽  
B. W. Wessels ◽  
J. Chen ◽  
T. J. Marks
1995 ◽  
Vol 392 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Nystrom ◽  
B. W. Wessels ◽  
J. Chen ◽  
D. Studebaker ◽  
T. J. Marks ◽  
...  

AbstractFerroelectric potassium niobate thin films have been deposited by conventional, low pressure metalorganic chemical vapor deposition on several types of oxide substrates. The films were epitaxial with a c-axis orientation normal to the substrate. Atomic force microscopy revealed a surface roughness of 1 - 4 nm. Transmission electron microscopy showed the film/substrate interface to be semi-coherent with lattice misfit accommodated by misfit dislocations. The nonlinear optical properties of the KNbO3 films were measured by a transmission technique. The room temperature, effective second order nonlinear coefficient was 13 pm/V.


1995 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Nystrom ◽  
B. W. Wessels ◽  
D. B. Studebaker ◽  
T. J. Marks ◽  
W. P. Lin ◽  
...  

2000 ◽  
Vol 87 (10) ◽  
pp. 7430-7437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Gao ◽  
C. L. Perkins ◽  
S. He ◽  
P. Alluri ◽  
T. Tran ◽  
...  

1994 ◽  
Vol 361 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.L. Kaiser ◽  
M.D. Vaudin ◽  
L.D. Rotter ◽  
Z.L. Wang ◽  
J.P. Cline ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTMetalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) was used to deposit epitaxial BaTiO3 thin films on (100) MgO substrates at 600°C. The metalorganic precursors employed in the deposition experiments were hydrated Ba(thd)2 (thd = C11H19O2) and titanium isopropoxide. The films were analyzed by means of transmittance spectroscopy, wavelength dispersive x-ray spectrometry, secondary ion mass spectrometry depth profiling, x-ray diffraction, high resolution transmission electron microscopy, selected area electron diffraction, nanoscale energy dispersive x-ray spectrometry and second harmonic generation measurements. There was no evidence for interdiffusion between the film and substrate. The x-ray and electron diffraction studies showed that the films were oriented with the a-axis normal to the substrate surface, whereas second harmonic generation measurements showed that the films had some c-axis character.


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