Domain Dynamics under Ultrafast Electric-Field Pulses

Yang, Tiannan; Wang, Bo; Hu, Jia-Mian; Chen, Long-Qing

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.107601

Title: Domain Dynamics under Ultrafast Electric-Field Pulses

Journal Article · 13 March 2020 · Physical Review Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.107601 · OSTI ID:1605093

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Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States); Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)

Exploring the dynamic responses of a material is of importance to both understanding its fundamental physics at high frequencies and potential device applications. Here we develop a phase-field model for predicting the dynamics of ferroelectric materials and study the dynamic responses of ferroelectric domains and domain walls subjected to an ultrafast electric field pulse. We discover a transition of domain evolution mechanisms from pure domain growth at a relatively low field to combined nucleation and growth of domains at a high field. We derive analytical models for the two regimes which allow us to extract the effective mass and damping coefficient of ferroelectric domain walls. The exhibition of two regimes for the ferroelectric domain dynamics at low and high electric fields is expected to be a general phenomenon that would appear for ferroic domains under other ultrafast stimuli. Finally, the present work also offers a general framework for studying domain dynamics and obtaining fundamental properties of domain walls and thus for manipulating the dynamic functionalities of ferroelectric materials.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012375; DMR-1744213; SC-0012375

OSTI ID:: 1605093

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1604511

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 124, Issue 10; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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