Domain imaging on multiferroic BiFeO{sub 3}(001) by linear and circular dichroism in threshold photoemission

Journal Article · Mon Dec 14 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4937134· OSTI ID:22493021

Sander, Anke; Christl, Maik ^[1]; Chiang, Cheng-Tien ^[2]; Alexe, Marin ^[3]; Widdra, Wolf ^[1]

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1. Institute of Physics, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Von-Danckelmann-Platz 3, 06120 Halle(Saale) (Germany)
2. Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Weinberg 2, 06120 Halle(Saale) (Germany)
3. Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL (United Kingdom)

We demonstrate ferroelectric domain imaging at BiFeO{sub 3}(001) single crystal surfaces with laser-based threshold photoemission electron microscopy (PEEM). Work function differences and linear dichroism allow for the identification of the eight independent ferroelectric domain configurations in the PEEM images. There, the determined domain structure is consistent with piezoresponse force microscopy of the sample surface and can also be related to the circular dichroic PEEM images. Our results provide a method for efficient mapping of complex ferroelectric domains with laser-excited PEEM and may allow lab-based time-resolved studies of the domain dynamics in the future.

• OSTI ID: 22493021
• Journal Information: Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 118, Issue 22; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
BISMUTH COMPOUNDS
DICHROISM
DOMAIN STRUCTURE
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY
FERRITES
FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS
IMAGES
MONOCRYSTALS
PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY
PHOTOEMISSION
TIME RESOLUTION
WORK FUNCTIONS