A new semiconducting substrate for the liquid phase epitaxy of K1-yNay
Ta1-xNbxO3 has been grown. By doping with Ba a decrease of resistivity
up to ten orders of magnitude from 10(11) Omega m for pure KTaO3 to 2
0 Omega m has been measured in the temperature range down to a few Kel
vin. In addition the induced change in absorption constant in the UV/V
IS/IR has been examined.