Structural and electro-optic properties of pulsed laser deposited Bi4Ti3O12 thin films on MgO

Abstract

Ferroelectric Bi4Ti3O12 thin films have been grown on MgO (100) and MgO(110) substrates by the pulsed laser deposition. X-ray diffraction studies show that the films on both substrates have preferential crystallographic orientation such that most of their c axes are close to the substrate normal direction. The film on MgO(110) shows quadratic and hysteretic electro-optic characteristics with the effective coefficient of about 3.8×10−15 m2/V2.