Epitaxial Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 thin films were grown by pulsed-laser deposition on (100) LaAlO3 substrates in two distinct strain states, c/a≫1 and c/a≪1. X-ray diffraction measurements over the temperature range of 20 °C to -120 °C showed that the change in the c/a ratio with decreasing temperature was discontinuous and positive for the film with c/a≫1, and continuous and negative for the film with c/a≪1. These symmetry changes in the c/a ratio with temperature were correlated with measurements of the in-plane dielectric properties, and showed that the polarization in these two types of structures has characteristically different behavior that is highly directionally-dependent.
Published in:
Applied Physics Letters
(Volume:88
,
Issue:
1
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Date of Publication:
Jan 2006
- Page(s):
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012902
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012902-3
- ISSN :
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0003-6951
- Digital Object Identifier :
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10.1063/1.2161937
- Date of Current Version :
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18 June 2009
- Issue Date :
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Jan 2006