E-field controlled phase transformation in bismuth ferrite thin films, and effect of laser energy density

Gao, Min; Viswan, Ravindranath; Tang, Xiao; Leung, Chung Ming; Li, Jiefang; Viehland, D.

doi:10.1063/1.4997017

Title: E-field controlled phase transformation in bismuth ferrite thin films, and effect of laser energy density

Journal Article · 11 October 2017 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4997017 · OSTI ID:1510948

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Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering

Heterostructures of BiFeO₃/Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃-30%PbTiO₃ (BFO/PMN-30PT) were fabricated here by pulsed laser deposition. Electric fields (E) were applied on the PMN-30PT substrates along the in-plane and out-of-plane directions, and the induced strain of BFO was measured as a function of E by X-ray diffraction. Reciprocal space maps along the (110) zone axis evidenced that a monoclinic M_A phase was induced in both PMN-PT and BFO, where the dominate domain structures could be switched between biaxial directions under application of in-plane E. Studies were done for films prepared under different laser energy densities (LED), in order to optimize the in-plane strain of BFO. A relatively low LED of 1 J/cm² produced a better BFO thin film with larger in-plane strain.

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Research Organization:: Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-06ER46290; FA9550-16-1-0001

OSTI ID:: 1510948

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1399056

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 111, Issue 15; ISSN 0003-6951

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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