Giant optical enhancement of strain gradient in ferroelectric BiFeO3 thin films and its physical origin

Li, Yuelin; Adamo, C.; Chen, Pice; Evans, Paul G.; Nakhmanson, Serge M.; Parker, William; Rowland, Clare E.; Schaller, Richard D.; Schlom, Darrell G.; Walko, Donald A.; Wen, Haidan; Zhang, Qingteng

doi:10.1038/srep16650

Title: Giant optical enhancement of strain gradient in ferroelectric BiFeO₃ thin films and its physical origin

Journal Article · Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep16650· OSTI ID:1237489

Li, Yuelin ^[1]; Adamo, C. ^[2]; Chen, Pice ^[3]; Evans, Paul G. ^[3]; Nakhmanson, Serge M. ^[4]; Parker, William ^[1]; Rowland, Clare E. ^[5]; Schaller, Richard D. ^[6]; Schlom, Darrell G. ^[7]; Walko, Donald A. ^[1]; Wen, Haidan ^[1]; Zhang, Qingteng ^[3]

Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States)
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States); Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States). Kavli Inst. for Nanoscale Science

Through mapping of the spatiotemporal strain profile in ferroelectric BiFeO₃ epitaxial thin films, we report an optically initiated dynamic enhancement of the strain gradient of 10⁵–10⁶ m^-1 that lasts up to a few ns depending on the film thickness. Correlating with transient optical absorption measurements, the enhancement of the strain gradient is attributed to a piezoelectric effect driven by a transient screening field mediated by excitons. In conclusion, these findings not only demonstrate a new possible way of controlling the flexoelectric effect, but also reveal the important role of exciton dynamics in photostriction and photovoltaic effects in ferroelectrics.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; FG02-10ER46147

OSTI ID:: 1237489

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Vol. 5; ISSN 2045-2322

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