Non-thermal fluence threshold for femtosecond pulsed x-ray radiation damage in perovskite complex oxide epitaxial heterostructures

Lee, Hyeon Jun; Ahn, Youngjun; Marks, Samuel D.; Landahl, Eric C.; Lee, Jun Young; Kim, Tae Yeon; Unithrattil, Sanjith; Jo, Ji Young; Chun, Sae Hwan; Kim, Sunam; Park, Sang-Yeon; Eom, Intae; Adamo, Carolina; Schlom, Darrell G.; Wen, Haidan; Evans, Paul G.

doi:10.1063/1.5128509

Title: Non-thermal fluence threshold for femtosecond pulsed x-ray radiation damage in perovskite complex oxide epitaxial heterostructures

Journal Article · 15 December 2019 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5128509 · OSTI ID:1630101

^[1]; Ahn, Youngjun ^[1]; Marks, Samuel D. ^[1]; Landahl, Eric C. ^[2]; Lee, Jun Young ^[3]; Kim, Tae Yeon ^[3];

^[3]; Jo, Ji Young ^[3]; Chun, Sae Hwan ^[4]; Kim, Sunam ^[4]; Park, Sang-Yeon ^[4];

^[4]; Adamo, Carolina ^[5];

^[6]; Wen, Haidan ^[7];

^[1]

Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
DePaul Univ., Chicago, IL (United States)
Gwangju Inst. of Science and Technology (Korea, Republic of)
Pohang Accelerator Lab. (PAL) (Korea, Republic of)
Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Applied Physics
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Intense hard x-ray pulses from a free-electron laser induce irreversible structural damage in a perovskite oxide epitaxial heterostructure when pulse fluences exceed a threshold value. The intensity of x-ray diffraction from a 25-nm thick epitaxial BiFeO₃ layer on a SrTiO₃ (STO) substrate measured using a series of pulses decreases abruptly with a per-pulse fluence of 2.7 x 10(6) photons mu m^-2 at a photon energy of 9.7 keV but remains constant for 1.3 x 10⁶ photons mu m^-2 or less. The damage resulted in the destruction of the BiFeO₃ thin film within the focal spot area and the formation of a deep cavity penetrating into the STO substrate via the removal of tens of nanometers of material per pulse. The damage threshold occurs at a fluence that is insufficient to heat the absorption volume to the melting point. The morphology of the ablated sample is consistent with fracture rather than melting. Together, these results indicate that the damage occurs via a nonthermal process consistent with ultrafast ionization of the absorption volume.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1630101

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 25 Vol. 115; ISSN 0003-6951

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

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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