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Article Dans Une Revue Journal of Crystal Growth Année : 2013

Epitaxial Composition-Graded Perovskite Films Grown by a Dual-Beam Pulsed Laser Deposition Method

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We prepared SrTiO3 (STO) to Ba0.6Sr0.4TiO3 (BST06) out-of-plane composition-graded films on STO (100) substrates by means of a dual-beam dual-target pulsed laser deposition technique. In the deposition system, a sliding mirror divides one KrF excimer laser beam into two, realizing the dual-beam of controlled intensity ratio. X-ray diffraction reciprocal space mapping has revealed that the graded films deposited under oxygen pressure at or lower than 1 Â 10-3 mbar were coherently strained with the same in-plane lattice parameter as the substrate. Their composition gradient along the growth direction was confirmed by Rutherford backscattering analysis to be uniform. We deposited BST06 top layers of various thickness on epitaxial composition-graded (ECG) buffer layers and examined their coherency and crystallinity. In comparison with the cases of STO homoepitaxial buffer layers, ECG buffer layers achieved better crystallinity of top BST06 layers, suggesting that the crystallinity of a heteroepitaxially-grown film is affected not only by the in-plane lattice matching but also by the out-of-plane lattice continuity with the substrate. ECG films that bridge compositions of substrate and top layer materials can be useful buffer layers for epitaxial growth of lattice-mismatched oxide films.

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Matériaux

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hal-01757216 , version 1 (03-04-2018)

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Joe Sakai, Cecile Autret, Thierry Sauvage, Blandine Courtois, Jérôme Wolfman, et al.. Epitaxial Composition-Graded Perovskite Films Grown by a Dual-Beam Pulsed Laser Deposition Method. Journal of Crystal Growth, 2013, 380, pp.106-110. ⟨10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2013.05.035⟩. ⟨hal-01757216⟩
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