Strain-induced phase variation and dielectric constant enhancement of epitaxial Gd2O3

P. Shekhter; D. Schwendt; Y. Amouyal; T. F. Wietler; H. J. Osten; M. Eizenberg

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Strain-induced phase variation and dielectric constant enhancement of epitaxial Gd₂O₃

P. Shekhter^*, D. Schwendt, Y. Amouyal, T. F. Wietler, H. J. Osten, M. Eizenberg

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One of the approaches for realizing advanced high k insulators for metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors based devices is the use of rare earth oxides. When these oxides are deposited as epitaxial thin films, they demonstrate dielectric properties that differ greatly from those that are known for bulk oxides. Using structural and spectroscopic techniques, as well as first-principles calculations, Gd₂O₃ films deposited on Si (111) and Ge (111) were characterized. It was seen that the same 4 nm thick film, grown simultaneously on Ge and Si, presents an unstrained lattice on Ge while showing a metastable phase on Si. This change from the cubic lattice to the distorted metastable phase is characterized by an increase in the dielectric constant of more than 30% and a change in band gap. The case in study shows that extreme structural changes can occur in ultra-thin epitaxial rare earth oxide films and modify their dielectric properties when the underlying substrate is altered.

Original language	English
Article number	014101
Journal	Journal of Applied Physics
Volume	120
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4958301
State	Published - 7 Jul 2016
Externally published	Yes

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