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We report a method for producing BST films with consistently high figures of merit for tunable microwave applications. (Ba1-x,Srx)TiO3 (x=0.4, target doped with 1% W) thin films have been deposited using pulsed laser deposition onto (100)MgO substrates. Films were deposited at low partial pressures of oxygen (50 mTorr) at a substrate temperature of 730 °C. An analysis of the X-ray diffraction data indicates that the film has a nearly cubic structure, with the overall lattice parameter enlarged relative to the bulk material due to the presence of oxygen vacancies. A post-deposition anneal of the film in flowing oxygen (1000 °C for 6 h) resulted in a decrease in the lattice parameter while remaining nearly cubic. An analysis of the microwave dielectric properties (1–20 GHz) showed that the annealed film exhibited about 10% tunability for an applied bias field of 67 kV/cm with a dielectric Q(1/tanδ)>600. Investigation of the films by time-resolved confocal scanning optical microscopy (CSOM) has revealed that there is an out-of-plane polarization at zero applied field (EDC=0). The results show that the paraelectric response is relatively insensitive to applied field, while the ferroelectric response is correlated with the growth of in-plane nanodomains. We find these results to be consistent with a large number of studies that show that strain-relief is of paramount importance if ferroelectric films are to be developed as microwave circuit components.
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Bubb, D., Horwitz, J., Qadri, S. et al. (Ba, Sr)TiO 3 thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition with low dielectric loss at microwave frequencies. Appl. Phys. A 79, 99–101 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-003-2396-x
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