Growth of strontium ruthenate films by hybrid molecular beam epitaxy

Autor:	Marshall, Patrick B., Kim, Honggyu, Ahadi, Kaveh, Stemmer, Susanne
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	Condensed Matter - Materials Science Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons
Zdroj:	APL Materials 5, 096101 (2017)
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
DOI:	10.1063/1.4998772
Popis:	We report on the growth of epitaxial Sr2RuO4 films using a hybrid molecular beam epitaxy approach in which a volatile precursor containing RuO4 is used to supply ruthenium and oxygen. The use of the precursor overcomes a number of issues encountered in traditional MBE that uses elemental metal sources. Phase-pure, epitaxial thin films of Sr2RuO4 are obtained. At high substrate temperatures, growth proceeds in a layer-by-layer mode with intensity oscillations observed in reflection high-energy electron diffraction. Films are of high structural quality, as documented by x-ray diffraction, atomic force microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. The method should be suitable for the growth of other complex oxides containing ruthenium, opening up opportunities to investigate thin films that host rich exotic ground states. Comment: In press, APL Mater
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/1709.01166 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv