Amorphization and annealing of LiTaO3 single crystal irradiated with Ar+ ions at 77 K
Amorphization and annealing of LiTaO3 single crystal irradiated with Ar+ ions at 77 K
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DOI:
10.1063/1.1450023
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发表时间:
2002-02
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Z. Zhang;I. Rusakova;W. Chu
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作者:
Z. Zhang;I. Rusakova;W. Chu
The defect structure of radiation damage due to irradiation of Ar+ ions and the regrowth of LiTaO3 single crystal has been studied using Rutherford backscattering-channeling, cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy, optical transmittance, and surface profilometer. The irradiation were carried out at 77 K with 217 keV Ar+ ions to various doses between 3×1013 and 6×1015 Ar+/cm2. Postannealing was performed in dry O2 ambient at temperatures from 648 to 823 K, which are below Curie temperature (878 K). The optical measurement showed that the as-irradiated samples are as transparent as the unirradiated sample, indicating that the radiation-induced point defects are highly mobile even at 77 K. However, the long-range migration of oxygen interstitials were suppressed at 77 K. Volumetric expansion occurred when irradiation doses exceeded 1.25×1014 Ar+/cm2. Collective lattice distortion was observed in the sample that had received a dose of 1.5×1014 Ar+/cm2. This study shows that both disorder overlapping...