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Analysis of propagation characteristics of Rayleigh surface acoustic waves on Yb 0.33 Al 0.67 N piezoelectric films/high-velocity substrates

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Publication Date2022-01-06
JournalJapanese Journal of Applied Physics
AuthorsMasashi Suzuki, Shoji Kakio
InstitutionsUniversity of Yamanashi
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Abstract Piezoelectricity of YbAlN films has recently been shown to be almost as high as that of ScAlN films. YbAlN film surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonators are expected to have a high coupling factor. We theoretically investigated the propagation characteristics of first-mode Rayleigh SAWs (RSAWs) on Yb 0.33 Al 0.67 N film/high-velocity Si, sapphire, AlN, SiC, BN, and diamond substrates. The first-mode RSAWs on the YbAlN layered structures had high coupling factors, higher than those on ScAlN layered structures. An enhancement of the effective coupling factor of the first-mode RSAWs was observed in polarity inverted YbAlN film/BN or diamond substrate structures.