Preparation of Ferroelectric NaNbO3 Thin Films on MgO Substrate by Pulsed Laser Deposition

Shinya Oda, Takehisa Saito, Hideaki Adachi, and Takahiro Wada

ABSTRACT We successfully fabricated good quality NaNbO3 (NN) films on MgO substrate by pulsed laser deposition using a K-Ta-O (KTO) buffer layer. An SrRuO3 (SRO) lower electrode layer was deposited on a KTO buffer layer/(100)MgO substrate and then the NN film was deposited on top. X-ray diffraction showed that the SRO and NN films were epitaxially grown on (100)MgO substrate. Transmission electron microscopy showed a crystallographic relationship of [001]NN//[001]MgO between NN and MgO. The relative dielectric constant, εr, and dielectric loss, tanδ, of the film were 350 and 0.05 at 1 kHz, respectively. The polarization vs. electric field (P-E) hysteresis loop of the NN film was characteristic of ferroelectric behavior.

Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/TUFFC.2008.748

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