Light-activated Gigahertz Ferroelectric Domain Dynamics

Akamatsu, Hirofumii; Yuan, Yakun; Stoica, Vladimir A.; Stone, Greg; Yang, Tiannan; Hong, Zijian; Lei, Shiming; Zhu, Yi; Haislmaier, Ryan C.; Freeland, John W.; Chen, Long-Qing; Wen, Haidan; Gopalan, Venkatraman

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.096101

Light-activated Gigahertz Ferroelectric Domain Dynamics

Journal Article · Mon Feb 26 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.096101· OSTI ID:1426228

Akamatsu, Hirofumii ^[1]; Yuan, Yakun ^[1]; Stoica, Vladimir A. ^[2]; Stone, Greg ^[1]; Yang, Tiannan ^[1]; Hong, Zijian ^[1]; Lei, Shiming ^[1]; Zhu, Yi ^[3]; Haislmaier, Ryan C. ^[1]; Freeland, John W. ^[3]; Chen, Long-Qing ^[1]; Wen, Haidan ^[3]; Gopalan, Venkatraman ^[4]

Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States). Materials Research Inst. and Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States). Materials Research Inst. and Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering; Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States). Materials Research Inst. and Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering; Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States). Dept. of Physics

Using time- and spatially-resolved hard X-ray diffraction microscopy, the striking structural and electrical dynamics upon optical excitation of a single crystal of BaTiO₃ are simultaneously captured on sub-nanoseconds and nanoscale within individual ferroelectric domains and across walls. A large emergent photo-induced electric field of up to 20 million volts per meter is discovered in a surface layer of the crystal, which then drives polarization and lattice dynamics that are dramatically distinct in a surface layer versus bulk regions. A dynamical phase-field modeling (DPFM) method is developed that reveals the microscopic origin of these dynamics, leading to GHz polarization and elastic waves travelling in the crystal with sonic speeds and spatially varying frequencies. The advance of spatiotemporal imaging and dynamical modeling tools open opportunities of disentangling ultrafast processes in complex mesoscale structures such as ferroelectric domains

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

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; SC0012375

OSTI ID:: 1426228

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1422652

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Vol. 120; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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