Role of dual-laser ablation in controlling the Pb depletion in epitaxial growth of Pb(Zr 0.52Ti 0.48)O 3 thin films with enhanced surface quality and ferroelectric properties

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Mukherjee, Devajyoti ^a   Hyde, Robert ^a   Mukherjee, Pritish ^a   Srikanth, Hariharan ^a   Witanachchi, Sarath ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR EXPANSION; BOTTOM ELECTRODES; COERCIVE FIELD; CRYSTALLINITIES; DEFECT-FREE; DRIVING VOLTAGES; ENHANCED POLARIZATION; ENHANCED SURFACE; EPITAXIAL PZT; EXCIMERS; FERROELECTRIC PROPERTY; HIGH VOLATILITY; IN-SITU; LASER FLUENCES; LASER-ABLATED PLUME; METALLIC OXIDES; MGO(1 0 0); MOLTEN DROPLETS; PZT; PZT FILM; PZT THIN FILM; SRTIO; SWITCHING CYCLES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; EPITAXIAL FILMS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; LASER ABLATION; LASER EXCITATION; LEAD; MANGANESE OXIDE; METALS; POLARIZATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ZIRCONIUM;

PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS;

EID: 84859519844     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3694035     Document Type: Article

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