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Adsorption-controlled growth of BiMnO3 films by molecular-beam epitaxy.
- Source :
- Applied Physics Letters; 6/28/2010, Vol. 96 Issue 26, p262905, 3p, 4 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- We have developed the means to grow BiMnO<subscript>3</subscript> thin films with unparalleled structural perfection by reactive molecular-beam epitaxy and determined its band gap. Film growth occurs in an adsorption-controlled growth regime. Within this growth window bounded by oxygen pressure and substrate temperature at a fixed bismuth overpressure, single-phase films of the metastable perovskite BiMnO<subscript>3</subscript> may be grown by epitaxial stabilization. X-ray diffraction reveals phase-pure and epitaxial films with ω rocking curve full width at half maximum values as narrow as 11 arc sec (0.003°). Optical absorption measurements reveal that BiMnO<subscript>3</subscript> has a direct band gap of 1.1±0.1 eV. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00036951
- Volume :
- 96
- Issue :
- 26
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Applied Physics Letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 51975661
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3457786