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Electrical and Computer Engineering

Virginia Commonwealth University

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2005

CERAMICS

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Dielectric Functions And Electronic Band Structure Of Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Films, Hosun Lee, Youn Seon Kang, Sang-Jun Cho, Bo Xiao, Hadis Morkoç, Tae Dong Kang, Ghil Soo Lee, Jingbo Li, Su-Huai Wei, P. G. Snyder, J. T. Evans Jan 2005

Dielectric Functions And Electronic Band Structure Of Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Films, Hosun Lee, Youn Seon Kang, Sang-Jun Cho, Bo Xiao, Hadis Morkoç, Tae Dong Kang, Ghil Soo Lee, Jingbo Li, Su-Huai Wei, P. G. Snyder, J. T. Evans

Electrical and Computer Engineering Publications

We measure pseudodielectric functions in the visible-deep ultraviolet spectral range of Pb(ZrxTi1−x)O3 (x=0.2,0.56,0.82) (PZT), Pb0.98Nb0.04 (Zr0.2Ti0.8)0.96O3, Pb0.91La0.09 (Zr0.65Ti0.35)0.98O3, and Pb0.85La0.15Ti0.96O3 films grown on platinized silicon substrates using a sol-gel method and on (0001) sapphire using a radio-frequency sputtering method. Using a parametric optical constant model, we estimate the dielectric functions(ϵ) of the perovskite oxide thin films. Taking the second derivative of the fitted layer dielectric functions and using the standard critical-point model, we determine the parameters of the critical points. In the second derivative spectra, the lowest band-gapenergy peak near 4 eVis fitted as a double peak for annealed PZTs …