Structural evidence for enhanced polarization in a commensurate short-period BaTiO 3/SrTiO 3 superlattice

W. Tian; J. C. Jiang; X. Q. Pan; J. H. Haeni; Y. L. Li; L. Q. Chen; D. G. Schlom; J. B. Neaton; K. M. Rabe; Q. X. Jia

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Structural evidence for enhanced polarization in a commensurate short-period BaTiO ₃/SrTiO ₃ superlattice

W. Tian
, J. C. Jiang
, X. Q. Pan
, J. H. Haeni
, Y. L. Li
, L. Q. Chen
, D. G. Schlom
, J. B. Neaton
, K. M. Rabe
, Q. X. Jia

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A short-period (BaTiO ₃) ₆/(SrTiO ₃) ₅ superlattice was characterized by x-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. The superlattice is epitaxially oriented with the c axes of BaTiO ₃ and SrTiO ₃ normal to the (001) surface of the SrTiO ₃ substrate. Despite the large in-plane lattice mismatch between BaTiO ₃ and SrTiO ₃ (∼2.2%), the superlattice interfaces were found to be nearly commensurate. The crystallographic c/a ratio of the superlattice was measured and the results agree quantitatively with first-principles calculations and phase-field modeling. The agreement supports the validity of the enhanced spontaneous polarization predicted for short-period BaTiO ₃/SrTiO ₃ superlattices.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	092905
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	89
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2335367
State	Published - 2006

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Structural evidence for enhanced polarization in a commensurate short-period BaTiO ₃/SrTiO ₃ superlattice

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