Advanced Electronic Films Using Pulsed Laser Deposition: Multi-component Film Composition Control

Abstract

A simple means of controlling the elemental composition of multiferroic Bi-Dy-Fe-O (BDFO) films has been demonstrated using a split pulsed laser ablation target that is rotated about its center, combined with variable speed laser beam rastering across the target. This film composition control technique was demonstrated by both simple model calculations of the laser beam raster position versus time and by measurement of the elemental composition of a series of BDFO films deposited with various beam raster settings. Electrical hysteresis measurements show that the initial films are ferroelectric, despite having non-optimal elemental composition.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2022
Accession Number
AD1157574

Entities

People

  • Alexandru Hening
  • Teresa Emery-adleman
  • Wayne C. Mcginnis

Organizations

  • Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ablation
  • Elements
  • Films
  • Information Warfare
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Magnetic Detectors
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Pulsed Lasers
  • Radio Frequency
  • Thin Films
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Pulsed-Laser Deposition
  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene