摘要 |
A piezoelectric thin film element includes a substrate, a lower electrode, a piezoelectric thin film, and an upper electrode. The lower electrode, the piezoelectric thin film and the upper electrode are formed on the substrate. The piezoelectric thin film includes a polycrystal thin film including crystal grains, an alkali niobium oxide based perovskite structure represented by a general formula: (K1-xNax)NbO3 (0.4<x<0.7), a film thickness of not less than 1μm and not more than 10μm, a columnar structure configured by the crystal grains, a majority of the crystal grains including a shape in a cross-section direction thereof longer than in a plane direction of the substrate, and an average crystal grain size of not less than 0.1μm and not more than 1.0μm in the plane direction of the substrate.
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