Abstract
Using infrared spectroscopic ellipsometry, the dielectric functions of (111) oriented Bi2Ti2O7 thin films with pyrochlore structure prepared on Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si substrate were determined in the temperature range of 20-70 °C. It is demonstrated that there is a phase transition that appears near 40 °C in terms of static effective charge as a function of temperature calculated from the infrared spectroscopic ellipsometric data of Bi2Ti2O7 thin films. It suggests that the static effective charge is related to the structural distortion, which can facilitate the polarization of Bi 2Ti2O7. Accordingly, ferroelectricity in Bi2Ti2O7 is proved by analyzing the infrared dielectric function.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 112905 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-3 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 14 Mar 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |