Surface Structure Analysis of Atomically Smooth BaBiO$_3$ Films

A. Gozar; G. Logvenov; V. Y. Butko; I. Bozovic

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.75.201402

Surface Structure Analysis of Atomically Smooth BaBiO$_3$ Films

Other Condensed Matter 2009-11-13 v1

Authors: A. Gozar , G. Logvenov , V. Y. Butko , I. Bozovic

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Abstract

Using low energy Time-of-Flight Scattering and Recoil Spectroscopy (TOF-SARS) and Mass Spectroscopy of Recoiled Ions (MSRI) we analyze the surface structure of an atomically smooth BaBiO $_3$ film grown by molecular beam epitaxy. We demonstrate high sensitivity of the TOF-SARS and MSRI spectra to slight changes in the orientation of the ion scattering plane with respect to the crystallographic axes. The observed angle dependence allows us to clearly identify the termination layer as BiO $_2$ . Our data also indicate that angle-resolved MSRI data can be used for high resolution studies of surface structure of complex oxide thin films.

Keywords

epitaxial thin films surface science thin film physics

Cite

@article{arxiv.0704.1501,
  title  = {Surface Structure Analysis of Atomically Smooth BaBiO$_3$ Films},
  author = {A. Gozar and G. Logvenov and V. Y. Butko and I. Bozovic},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.1501},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

5 pages, 4 figures accepted for publication in Physical Review B

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