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In situ Growth of Fatigue-free SrBi2Ta2O9 Films by Pulsed Laser Ablation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Hung-Ming Yang ,
Jian-Shing Luo  and
Wen-Tai Lin
Hung-Ming Yang
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, Republic of China
Jian-Shing Luo
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, Republic of China
Wen-Tai Lin
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Abstract

In situ growth of SrBi2Ta2O9 (SBT) films as a function of Bi concentration in the target, substrate temperature, oxygen pressure, and the thickness of bottom Pt electrode by pulsed laser deposition was studied. The SBT phase initially formed at a temperature of 500–520 °C. The SBT films grown from the stoichiometric target generally showed Bi deficiency. A well-crystallized and stoichiometric SBT film could be grown at a temperature of 550–580 °C in 300 mTorr of O2 from the surplus Bi targets, which showed c-axis preferred orientation. The formation temperature of SrTa4O11 (ST) phase was above 600 °C, depending on the Bi concentration in the target. Higher oxygen pressure raised the formation temperatures of the SBT and ST phases and concomitantly enriched the Bi concentration of the SBT films. For the bottom Pt electrode 1200 Å thick, the voids were not observed in the SBT overlayer until the deposition temperatures were above 590 °C. Annealing at temperatures above 700 °C in an atmosphere of O2 was required to improve the contact between Pt electrode and the SBT film and hence the ferroelectric properties of the SBT film. In the present study, a smooth, stoichiometric, and c-axis oriented SBT film, about 350 nm thick, could be grown on Pt (1200 Å)/Ti/SiO2/Si at a temperature of 550–580 °C in 300 mTorr of O2 from the Bi surplus targets, which showed remnant polarization (Pr) of 3.0–3.5 μC/cm2 and coercive field (Ec) of 30–40 kV/cm at 4 V. No fatigue was observed up to 109. switching cycles

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , April 1997 , pp. 1145 - 1151
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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