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Title: Forward growth of ferroelectric domains with charged domain walls. Local switching on non-polar cuts
Authors: Shur, V. Y.
Pelegova, E. V.
Turygin, A. P.
Kosobokov, M. S.
Alikin, Y. M.
Шур, В. Я.
Issue Date: 2021
Publisher: American Institute of Physics Inc.
Citation: Forward growth of ferroelectric domains with charged domain walls. Local switching on non-polar cuts / V. Y. Shur, E. V. Pelegova, A. P. Turygin, et al. — DOI 10.1063/5.0037680 // Journal of Applied Physics. — 2021. — Vol. 129. — Iss. 4. — 044103.
Abstract: Forward domain growth representing one of the main stages of domain switching is studied for isolated domains and domain arrays appearing as a result of tip-induced switching on the non-polar cuts of lithium niobate crystals. Formation of the wedge-like domains with a high aspect ratio and charged domain walls is observed. The domain growth in the area with a negligible external field is considered in terms of the kinetic approach based on analogy with crystal growth. The domain wall motion by step generation and propagation of the charged kinks is discussed. It is proposed that the switching field contains the inputs of the external field produced by a biased scanning probe microscope tip, the depolarization field produced by charged kinks, and the screening fields. According to the simulation results of the field distribution, the forward growth is caused by the step generation near the tip and the kink propagation induced by the depolarization field produced by the kinks. Scanning with the biased tip creates self-assembled domain arrays with several modes of domain length alteration: doubling, quadrupling, and chaotic. The statistical characterization of the arrays proves their high ordering. The array is formed under the influence of the depolarization field produced by three neighboring domains. The proposed mechanism can be applied for forward domain growth during switching on the polar cuts as well. In this case, the steps on the domain wall are generated on the polar surface, whereas the domain elongates by kink motion in the field produced by the charged kinks. © 2021 Author(s).
Keywords: ASPECT RATIO
DEPOLARIZATION
FERROELECTRICITY
NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS
SWITCHING
CHARGED DOMAIN WALL
DEPOLARIZATION FIELDS
DOMAIN WALL MOTION
FERROELECTRIC DOMAINS
LITHIUM NIOBATE CRYSTAL
SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE TIP
SELF-ASSEMBLED DOMAINS
STATISTICAL CHARACTERIZATION
DOMAIN WALLS
URI: http://elar.urfu.ru/handle/10995/102483
Access: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
RSCI ID: 44969304
SCOPUS ID: 85100186902
WOS ID: 000630510100001
PURE ID: 20892394
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ISSN: 218979
DOI: 10.1063/5.0037680
metadata.dc.description.sponsorship: The equipment of the Ural Center for Shared Use “Modern nanotechnology” Ural Federal University was used. The research was made possible by the Russian Science Foundation (Project No. 19-12-00210).
RSCF project card: 19-12-00210
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