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High-quality epitaxial BaTiO3 films grown by high-vacuum chemical vapor deposition for integrated electro-optical devices

Szmyt, Wojciech  
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Geler-Kremer, Jacqueline
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Vockenhuber, Christof
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August 1, 2025
Materialia

Synthesizing high-quality epitaxial BaTiO3 (BTO) by means of high-vacuum chemical vapor deposition (HV-CVD) requires a precise control over precursor fluxes impinging onto the heated substrate surface so that the incorporation rates of all elements correspond to the BTO film stoichiometry. Moreover, overall precursor flux magnitude strongly influences the morphology of the film grown at a given substrate temperature. HV-CVD in a combinatorial mode allows to explore a wide range of fluxes over the substrate surface in a single synthesis, saving a lot of time on process optimization. Owing to the high vacuum during synthesis, the precursor trajectories are ballistic, thus the fluxes at the location on the substrate of the best film quality are analytically evaluated. The optimized conditions are transferred into a uniform deposition mode on SrTiO3-buffered substrate for epitaxial compatibility and further fine-tuned for the improved film quality. The obtained films are characterized by SEM, EDX, XRD, AFM, ellipsometry and RBS/HI-ERDA elemental analysis. The characterization confirms that the films are stoichiometric and pure, highly oriented (XRD rocking curve FHWM <1°), near-atomically smooth, and of minimal porosity (∼1–3 % void content). The results indicate that BTO films of excellent quality are achievable using this highly scalable and competitively cost-effective technique.

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DOI
10.1016/j.mtla.2025.102490
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-105011065203

Author(s)
Szmyt, Wojciech  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Geler-Kremer, Jacqueline

Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

Vockenhuber, Christof

ETH Zürich

Müller, Arnold

ETH Zürich

Schumann, Timo

Lumiphase AG

Hoffmann, Patrik  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Date Issued

2025-08-01

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Materialia
Volume

42

Article Number

102490

Subjects

Barium titanate

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Combinatorial

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Epitaxy

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High-vacuum chemical vapor deposition

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Integrated photonics

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LPMAT  
FunderFunding(s)Grant NumberGrant URL

Armasuisse Science and Technology

102.262 IP-ICT

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July 29, 2025
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