Ultrafast terahertz-field-driven ionic response in ferroelectric BaTiO3

Chen, F.; Zhu, Y.; Liu, S.; Qi, Y.; Hwang, H. Y.; Brandt, N. C.; Lu, J.; Quirin, F.; Enquist, H.; Zalden, P.; Hu, T.; Goodfellow, J.; Sher, M. -J.; Hoffmann, M. C.; Zhu, D.; Lemke, H.; Glownia, J.; Chollet, M.; Damodaran, A. R.; Park, J.; Cai, Z.; Jung, I. W.; Highland, M. J.; Walko, D. A.; Freeland, J. W.; Evans, P. G.; Vailionis, A.; Larsson, J.; Nelson, K. A.; Rappe, A. M.; Sokolowski-Tinten, K.; Martin, L. W.; Wen, H.; Lindenberg, A. M.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.94.180104

Title: Ultrafast terahertz-field-driven ionic response in ferroelectric ${BaTiO}_{3}$

Journal Article · Tue Nov 22 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.180104· OSTI ID:1360175

Chen, F. ^[1]; Zhu, Y. ^[2]; Liu, S. ^[3]; Qi, Y. ^[4]; Hwang, H. Y. ^[5]; Brandt, N. C. ^[5]; Lu, J. ^[5]; Quirin, F. ^[6]; Enquist, H. ^[7]; Zalden, P. ^[8]; Hu, T. ^[9]; Goodfellow, J. ^[9]; Sher, M. -J. ^[10]; Hoffmann, M. C. ^[11]; Zhu, D. ^[11]; Lemke, H. ^[11]; Glownia, J. ^[11]; Chollet, M. ^[11]; Damodaran, A. R. ^[12]; Park, J. ^[13] more »

Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering; SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science (SIMES)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States). Makineni Theoretical Lab., Dept. of Chemistry; Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Argonne, IL (United States). Geophysical Lab.
Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States). Makineni Theoretical Lab., Dept. of Chemistry
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
Univ. of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg (Germany). Faculty of Physics and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE)
Lund Univ. (Sweden). MAX IV Lab.
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science (SIMES)
Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering; SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science (SIMES)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Center for Nanoscale Materials
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division
Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Geballe Lab. for Advanced Materials
Lund Univ. (Sweden). Dept. of Physics
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Sciences Division
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science (SIMES); Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering,; SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Photon Ultrafast Laser Science and Engineering Inst. (PULSE)

The dynamical processes associated with electric field manipulation of the polarization in a ferroelectric remain largely unknown but fundamentally determine the speed and functionality of ferroelectric materials and devices. Here we apply subpicosecond duration, single-cycle terahertz pulses as an ultrafast electric field bias to prototypical BaTiO₃ ferroelectric thin films with the atomic-scale response probed by femtosecond x-ray-scattering techniques. We show that electric fields applied perpendicular to the ferroelectric polarization drive large-amplitude displacements of the titanium atoms along the ferroelectric polarization axis, comparable to that of the built-in displacements associated with the intrinsic polarization and incoherent across unit cells. This effect is associated with a dynamic rotation of the ferroelectric polarization switching on and then off on picosecond time scales. These transient polarization modulations are followed by long-lived vibrational heating effects driven by resonant excitation of the ferroelectric soft mode, as reflected in changes in the c-axis tetragonality. The ultrafast structural characterization described here enables a direct comparison with first-principles-based molecular-dynamics simulations, with good agreement obtained.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); US Army Research Office (ARO); National Science Foundation (NSF); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012375; AC02-06CH11357; FG02-07ER15920; AC02-76SF00515; W911NF-14-1-0104; CMMI-1334241; CHE-1111557; N00014-12-1-1033; N00014-13-1-0509; AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1360175

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1333328; OSTI ID: 1468336

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Vol. 94, Issue 18; ISSN 2469-9950

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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