Characterization of potassium tantalum niobate films formed by metalorganic deposition

Abstract

Thin films of potassium tantalum niobate, KTa0.6Nb0.4O3, with a Curie temperature of 20 °C were deposited on a variety of substrates by metalorganic deposition. These films had peak relative permittivities of 16 000 at 20 °C. Hysteresis plots of electric displacement as a function of electric field, taken at 0 °C, revealed a coercive field of 800 V/cm, a spontaneous polarization of 3.9 μC/cm2, and a remnant polarization of 0.5 μC/cm2. The hysteresis loops did not change significantly as the temperature was varied down to −100 °C.