Epitaxial PbTiO3 thin films grown on (100) MgO by pulsed-laser deposition for optical waveguiding properties

Perovskite single phased PbTiO3 thin films have been grown by pulsed-laser deposition on (100) MgO single crystals in order to prepare high quality optical waveguides. The substrate temperature and the oxygen pressure during the deposition have been optimized to improve crystalline quality and to gr...

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Published in:Journal of applied physics 2004-03, Vol.95 (6), p.3041-3047
Main Authors: Roemer, A., Millon, E., Vincent, B., Boudrioua, A., Pons-Y-Moll, O., Defourneau, R. M., Seiler, W.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Physics
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Summary:Perovskite single phased PbTiO3 thin films have been grown by pulsed-laser deposition on (100) MgO single crystals in order to prepare high quality optical waveguides. The substrate temperature and the oxygen pressure during the deposition have been optimized to improve crystalline quality and to grow epitaxial thin films. The films display two main axis orientations according to the MgO (100) basal plane. The waveguiding properties and the optical losses characterized by using m-lines spectroscopy and charge-coupled device camera measurement, respectively, are correlated to the structural properties of the films. Such textured and epitaxied films display very good optical properties, as the optical losses are found to be lower than 1 dB cm−1.
ISSN:0021-8979
1089-7550
DOI:10.1063/1.1649461