Dielectric tunability of SrTiO3 thin films in the terahertz range

Kuzel, P.; Ott, R.; Hollmann, E.; Klein, N.; Kadlec, F.; Nemec, H.

doi:10.1063/1.2183370

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Dielectric tunability of SrTiO3 thin films in the terahertz range

Kuzel, P. ; Kadlec, F. ; Nemec, H. ; Ott, R.FZJ* ; Hollmann, E.FZJ* ; Klein, N.FZJ*

2006
American Institute of Physics Melville, NY

Applied physics letters 88, 102901 (2006) [10.1063/1.2183370]

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Abstract: We have developed an interdigited electrode structure for applying a static electric field to a ferroelectric thin film, which enables nearly full transmission of a perpendicularly polarized terahertz wave. This approach has been used to determine the electric field dependence of the complex permittivity of a SrTiO3 thin film on a sapphire substrate up to about 2 THz employing time-domain terahertz spectroscopy. We have demonstrated up to 10% variation of the film permittivity at 300 GHz at room temperature induced by an applied electric field of 100 kV/cm. No dielectric dispersion is observed between 1 MHz and about 500 GHz. The field-induced changes are attributed to soft mode hardening. (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics.

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