Nanodomain structures formation during polarization reversal in uniform electric field in strontium barium niobate single crystals

V. Ya Shur; V. A. Shikhova; A. V. Ievlev; P. S. Zelenovskiy; M. M. Neradovskiy; D. V. Pelegov; L. I. Ivleva

doi:10.1063/1.4754511

Nanodomain structures formation during polarization reversal in uniform electric field in strontium barium niobate single crystals

V. Ya Shur, V. A. Shikhova, A. V. Ievlev, P. S. Zelenovskiy, M. M. Neradovskiy, D. V. Pelegov, L. I. Ivleva

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Abstract

We have studied the ferroelectric nanodomain formation in single crystals of strontium barium niobate Sr _0.61Ba _0.39Nb ₂O ₆ using piezoelectric force microscopy and Raman confocal microscopy. The nanodomain structures have been created by application of the uniform electric field at room temperature. Four variants of nanodomain structure formation have been revealed: (1) discrete switching, (2) incomplete domain merging, (3) spontaneous backswitching, and (4) enlarging of nanodomain ensembles. Kinetics of the observed micro- and nanodomain structures has been explained on the basis of approach developed for lithium niobate and lithium tantalate crystals.

Original language	English
Article number	064117
Journal	Journal of Applied Physics
Volume	112
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4754511
State	Published - Sep 15 2012
Externally published	Yes

Funding

The equipment of the Ural Center for Shared Use “Modern Nanotechnology,” Institute of Natural Sciences, Ural Federal University has been used. The research was made possible in part by RFBR (Grants 10-02-96042-r-Ural-а, 10-02-00627-а, 11-02-91066-CNRS-а), by Ministry of Education and Science (Contracts 16.740.11.0585 and 16.552.11.7020), by the Program “Scientific and scientific pedagogical personnel of innovative Russia 2009–2013,” by OPTEC LLC and in terms of the Ural Federal University development program with the financial support of young scientists.

Funders	Funder number
OPTEC LLC
Russian Foundation for Basic Research	10-02-00627-а, 11-02-91066-CNRS-а, 10-02-96042-r-Ural-а
Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation	16.552.11.7020, 16.740.11.0585
Ural Federal University
scientific pedagogical personnel of innovative Russia

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