Polarized Raman scattering of multiferroic BiFeO3 epitaxial films with rhombohedral R3c symmetry
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- 23 January 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 88 (4) , 042907
Abstract
Highly (111)-oriented rhombohedral BiFeO3 (BFO) thin films were grown on (111) SrTiO3 substrates by pulsed laser deposition. Polarized Raman-scattering study of the (111)-oriented epitaxial BFO thin film with rhombohedral R3c symmetry was carried out by employing two distinct backscattering geometries. The A1-symmetry transverse-optical [A1(TO)] phonons were selectively isolated from the E-symmetry transverse-optical [E(TO)] phonons by employing Y′(ZZ)Y′ polarization configuration in a novel side-view backscattering. By comparing the Y′(ZZ)Y′ spectrum with the Z(X′X′)Z polarization spectrum in a normal backscattering, we were able to assign most of A1 and E-symmetry normal modes of R3c BFO. In addition, we found that there was a negligible LO-TO splitting in the A1-symmetry normal modes.Keywords
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