Effect of polyethylene glycol content on the optical properties of Ba _0.9Sr_0.1TiO₃ multilayers

Quasiperiodic Ba_0.9Sr_0.1TiO₃ (BST) multilayers have been fabricated on SrTiO₃ substrates by using chemical solutions containing polyethylene glycol (PEG), and effect of PEG content on optical properties of the BST multilayers have been investigated. Each multilayer with a single perovskite phase displays a layered structure consisting of dense and porous BST layers. It is found that the central wavelength of the reflection-band for BST multilayers shifts to longer wavelength with increasing the PEG concentration within a given polymer amount range. With the same numbers of period and processing condition, the BST multilayers derived from chemical solutions containing PEG additives with a relative molar amount of 0.5, exhibit the highest optical reflectivities.