Light-Driven Ultrafast Polarization Manipulation in a Relaxor Ferroelectric

Park, Suji; Wang, Bo; Yang, Tiannan; Kim, Jieun; Saremi, Sahar; Zhao, Wenbo; Guzelturk, Burak; Sood, Aditya; Nyby, Clara; Zajac, Marc; Shen, Xiaozhe; Kozina, Michael; Reid, Alexander H.; Weathersby, Stephen; Wang, Xijie; Martin, Lane W.; Chen, Long-Qing; Lindenberg, Aaron M.

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02706

Light-Driven Ultrafast Polarization Manipulation in a Relaxor Ferroelectric

Journal Article · Wed Nov 30 00:00:00 EST 2022 · Nano Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02706· OSTI ID:1987304

Park, Suji ^[1]; Wang, Bo ^[2]; ^[2]; Kim, Jieun ^[3]; ^[4]; Zhao, Wenbo ^[3]; ^[5]; ^[5]; Nyby, Clara ^[5]; Zajac, Marc ^[5]; Shen, Xiaozhe ^[6]; Kozina, Michael ^[6]; ^[6]; Weathersby, Stephen ^[6]; Wang, Xijie ^[6]; Martin, Lane W. ^[4]; Chen, Long-Qing ^[2]; ^[7]

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science (SIMES); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); SLAC
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science (SIMES)
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science (SIMES); Stanford Univ., CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States). Photon Ultrafast Laser Science and Engineering Institute (PULSE)

Relaxor ferroelectrics have been intensely studied for decades based on their unique electromechanical responses which arise from local structural heterogeneity involving polar nanoregions or domains. Here, we report first studies of the ultrafast dynamics and reconfigurability of the polarization in freestanding films of the prototypical relaxor 0.68PbMg_1/3Nb_2/3O₃-0.32PbTiO₃ (PMN-0.32PT) by probing its atomic-scale response via femtosecond-resolution, electron-scattering approaches. By combining these structural measurements with dynamic phase-field simulations, we show that femtosecond light pulses drive a change in both the magnitude and direction of the polarization vector within polar nanodomains on few-picosecond time scales. This study defines new opportunities for dynamic reconfigurable control of the polarization in nanoscale relaxor ferroelectrics.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC02-76SF00515; SC0012375; SC0020145

OSTI ID:: 1987304

Journal Information:: Nano Letters, Journal Name: Nano Letters Journal Issue: 23 Vol. 22; ISSN 1530-6984

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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