Ferroelectric Domain Engineering in Thin Films and Its Applications

ABSTRACTWe demonstrate submicron ferroelectric domain engineering in liquid phase epitaxy (LPE) LiNbO3 thin films grown on LiNbO3 and LiTaO3 substrates using a direct-write electron beam poling for waveguide applications. LiNbO3 thin films of several-micron thickness were grown using a flux melt of 20 mol% LiNbO3-80 mol% LiVO3. To engineer domain structures in Z- oriented LPE LiNbO3 films, a direct-write electron beam poling was implemented. It is shown that we can engineer the domain structure of LPE LiNbO3 films by using direct e-beam poling, even though the domain orientations of the film and the substrate are opposite. We also compared e-beam poling behavior in a congruent LiNbO3 single crystal and a LPE LiNbO3 film. Using the same e-beam scan parameters, a much enhanced domain structure is obtained in LPE films. Defect structure and composition effects are also discussed.

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Light-mediated ferroelectric domain engineering and micro-structuring of lithium niobate crystals

Laser & Photonics Review ◽

10.1002/lpor.201100022 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 526-548 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

C.Y.J. Ying ◽

A.C. Muir ◽

C.E. Valdivia ◽

H. Steigerwald ◽

C.L. Sones ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Lithium Niobate ◽

Ferroelectric Domain ◽

Domain Engineering ◽

Micro Structuring ◽

Lithium Niobate Crystals

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Ferroelectric domain structure of NaNbO3epitaxial thin films grown on (110) DyScO3substrates

physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters ◽

10.1002/pssr.201409012 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 8 (6) ◽

pp. 522-526 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Martin Schmidbauer ◽

Jan Sellmann ◽

Dorothee Braun ◽

Albert Kwasniewski ◽

Andreas Duk ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Thin Films ◽

Domain Structure ◽

Ferroelectric Domain ◽

Ferroelectric Domain Structure

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Three-dimensional ferroelectric domain imaging of epitaxial BiFeO3 thin films using angle-resolved piezoresponse force microscopy

Applied Physics Letters ◽

10.1063/1.3487933 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 97 (11) ◽

pp. 112907 ◽

Cited By ~ 44

Author(s):

Moonkyu Park ◽

Seungbum Hong ◽

Jeffrey A. Klug ◽

Michael J. Bedzyk ◽

Orlando Auciello ◽

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Keyword(s):

Thin Films ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Piezoresponse Force Microscopy ◽

Ferroelectric Domain ◽

Force Microscopy ◽

Bifeo3 Thin Films

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Interface and domain engineering in BiFeO3 thin films

10.3990/1.9789036543071 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Alim Solmaz

Keyword(s):

Thin Films ◽

Domain Engineering ◽

Bifeo3 Thin Films

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Domain engineering in LiNbO3 thin films grown by liquid phase epitaxy

Bragg Gratings, Photosensitivity, and Poling in Glass Waveguides ◽

10.1364/bgpp.2003.md18 ◽

2003 ◽

Author(s):

Ji-Won Son ◽

Yin Yuen ◽

Sergei S. Orlov ◽

Bill Phillips ◽

Ludwig Galambos ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Thin Films ◽

Liquid Phase ◽

Liquid Phase Epitaxy ◽

Domain Engineering

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Realization of rhombohedral, mixed, and tetragonal like phases of BiFeO3 and ferroelectric domain engineering using a strain tuning layer on LaAlO3(001) substrate

Journal of Applied Physics ◽

10.1063/1.5054372 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 125 (1) ◽

pp. 012501 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

M. M. Saj Mohan ◽

Soumya Bandyopadhyay ◽

Tushar Jogi ◽

Saswata Bhattacharya ◽

Ranjith Ramadurai

Keyword(s):

Ferroelectric Domain ◽

Domain Engineering

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Nanoscale imaging of ferroelectric domain and resistance switching in hybrid improper ferroelectric Ca3Ti2O7 thin films

Physics Letters A ◽

10.1016/j.physleta.2020.126609 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 384 (25) ◽

pp. 126609 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Y. Shi ◽

S.Y. Wang ◽

S. Ma ◽

Y.L. Lei ◽

H.L. Liu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Thin Films ◽

Ferroelectric Domain ◽

Resistance Switching ◽

Nanoscale Imaging

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Ferroelectric domain engineering of lithium niobate single crystal confined in glass

MRS Communications ◽

10.1557/mrc.2018.234 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (01) ◽

pp. 334-339 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Keith Veenhuizen ◽

Sean McAnany ◽

Rama Vasudevan ◽

Daniel Nolan ◽

Bruce Aitken ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Lithium Niobate ◽

Single Crystal ◽

Ferroelectric Domain ◽

Domain Engineering ◽

Lithium Niobate Single Crystal ◽

Image Position

Abstract

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Terahertz radiation from multiferroic BiFeO3 thin films as a new approach for ferroelectric memory readout and ferroelectric domain imaging microscopy

MRS Proceedings ◽

10.1557/proc-0902-t06-02 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 902 ◽

Author(s):

Kouhei Takahashi ◽

Noriaki Kida ◽

Masayoshi Tonouchi

Keyword(s):

Thin Films ◽

Nonvolatile Memory ◽

Laser Pulses ◽

Femtosecond Laser Pulses ◽

Ferroelectric Domain ◽

Thz Radiation ◽

New Approach ◽

Multiferroic Bifeo ◽

Multiferroic Bifeo3 ◽

Nonvolatile Memory Devices

AbstractWe have observed novel terahertz (THz) radiation characteristics of multiferroic BiFeO3 thin films upon illumination of femtosecond laser pulses. The radiated THz pulses from BiFeO3 thin films were shown to originate from an ultrafast modulation of spontaneous polarization, which was introduced by the photoexcited charge carriers. Based on our findings, we briefly present new approaches to nondestructive readout for nonvolatile memory devices and ferroelectric domain imaging microscopy using THz radiation as a sensitive probe.

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