Strain-coupled ferroelectric polarization in BaTiO3-CaTiO3 superlattices

Details Strain-coupled ferroelectric polarization in BaTiO3-CaTiO3 superlattices Strain-coupled ferroelectric polarization in BaTiO3-CaTiO3 superlattices

2009-04-21

arxiv.org/abs/0904.3294v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

7 pages, 4 figures

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We report on growth and ferroelectric (FE) properties of superlattices (SLs) composed of the FE BaTiO3 and the paraelectric (PE) CaTiO3. Previous theories have predicted that the polarization in (BaTiO3)n/(CaTiO3)n SLs increases as the sublayer thickness (n) increases when the same strain state is maintained. However, our BaTiO3/CaTiO3 SLs show a varying lattice-strain state and systematic reduction in polarization with increasing n while coherently-strained SLs with n=1, 2 show a FE polarization of ca. 8.5 uC/cm^2. We suggest that the strain coupling plays more important role in FE properties than the electrostatic interlayer coupling based on constant dielectric permittivities.

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