Growth of four-fold grained K3Li2Nb5O15 thin film using RF-magnctron sputtering

Sung Kun Park, Min Soo Baek, Seoung Choon Bae, Sung Yeol Kwon, Jee Hyun Kim, Ki Wan Kim

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Abstract

K3Li2Nb5O15 (KLM) thin films were prepared using an rf-magnelron sputtering technique with a sintered ceramic target containing 60mol% and 30mol% excess K and Li, compared with sloichiomctric KLM, respectively. In this experiment the optimum sputtering conditions were an rf power of 100W, a working pressure of ISOmTorr, and a substrate temperature of 600°C. When KLN was grown on a Pl/Ti/SiO2/Si(100) substrate at a temperature of 600°C with 150 mTorr, the thin film KLN was (OOl)-orientcd with diffraction peaks from the (311) plane. The re-vaporization of the volatile clement on the substrate was successfully suppressed by increasing the sputtering pressure. In this work 4-fold grains of KLN thin film and the growth mechanism of 4-fold symmetric grains were both observed for the first time.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6483-6486
Number of pages4
JournalJapanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers
Volume38
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999

Keywords

  • 4-fold symmetry
  • KLN
  • Preferred orientation
  • Tetragonal tungsten-bronze
  • Thin film

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