Spectroscopic ellipsometry study of SrBi2Ta2O9 ferroelectric thin films

Optical properties of SrBi2Ta2O9 (SBT) ferroelectric thin films were investigated by spectroscopic ellipsometry at room temperature in the 1.5–5.5 eV spectral range. The films were grown on platinized silicon (Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si) with a Bi/Sr ratio (x) range from 1.2 to 2.8 by pulsed-laser deposition. The measured pseudodielectric functions of the samples indicate the band-gap energy of SBT shifts to lower energies as x increases. The optical constants and band-gap energies of the SBT films were determined through multilayer analyses on their pseudodielectric functions. The band-gap energy of SBT is found to shift to lower energies quite linearly with x. The band-gap energy at stoichiometric composition (x=2) is estimated to be 4.1 eV.

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