Visualization of ferroelectric domains in a hydrogen-bonded molecular crystal using emission of terahertz radiation
- Department of Advanced Materials Science, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-ha, Chiba 277-8561 (Japan)
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba 305-8562 (Japan)
Using a terahertz-radiation imaging, visualizations of ferroelectric domains were made in a room-temperature organic ferroelectric, croconic acid. In as-grown crystals, observed are ferroelectric domains with sizes larger than 50-μm square, which are separated by both 180° and tail-to-tail domain walls (DWs). By applying an electric field along c axis (the polarization direction), a pair of 180° DWs is generated and an each 180° DW oppositely propagates along a axis, resulting in a single domain. By cyclic applications of electric fields, a pair of 180° DWs repeatedly emerges, while no tail-to-tail DWs appear. We discuss the usefulness of the terahertz-radiation imaging as well as the observed unique DW dynamics.
- OSTI ID:
- 22311177
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 105, Issue 4; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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