Research Article

Investigation of Phonon Vibrational Modes in Ga, Al, Fe, Co, Ni, and Zn Doped (110)-Oriented PBCO Thin Films

Table 2

Important Raman modes in (110)-oriented pure and Ga, Al, Fe, Co, Zn, and Ni doped PBCO thin films.

Pure and metal doped (110) PBCO thin filmsIn-phase O (2)–O (3) B1g-like modeIn-phase O (2)–O (3) vibration related Ag mode (cm−1)Apical oxygen O (4) vibration-related Ag mode (cm−1)Disorder at Cu-O chain site-related mode (cm−1)

(110) PBCO∼300∼440∼524Absent
(110) Ga doped PBCO∼300∼440∼485∼605
(110) Al doped PBCO∼300∼440∼495∼605
(110) Fe doped PBCO∼295∼440∼502∼600
(110) Co doped PBCO∼296∼440∼497∼600
(110) Zn doped PBCO∼303∼435∼521Absent
(110) Ni doped PBCO∼430∼520Absent