Study of the ferroelectricity in Bi2Ti2O7 by infrared spectroscopic ellipsometry

  • Yun Hou*
  • , Zhiming Huang
  • , Jianqiang Xue
  • , Yunian Wu
  • , Xuemin Shen
  • , Junhao Chu
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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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 languageEnglish
Article number112905
Pages (from-to)1-3
Number of pages3
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume86
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Mar 2005
Externally publishedYes

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