Ferroelectric domain kinetics in congruent LiTaO3

Venkatraman Gopalan; A. Itagi; S. Gerstl; P. Swart; Q. X. Jia; T. E. Mitchell; T. E. Schlesinger; D. D. Stancil

doi:10.1080/10584589908228463

Ferroelectric domain kinetics in congruent LiTaO₃

Venkatraman Gopalan
, A. Itagi
, S. Gerstl
, P. Swart
, Q. X. Jia
, T. E. Mitchell
, T. E. Schlesinger
, D. D. Stancil

Department of Materials Design and Innovation

Pennsylvania State University
Carnegie Mellon University
Los Alamos National Laboratory Materials Science and Technology Division

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We present real-time studies of nucleation and growth of 180° ferroelectric domains in congruent LiTaO₃ under an external electric field using optical microscopy. The measured wall velocities are an order of magnitude higher than those reported before using ex-situ techniques. Merger of growing domains form serrated fronts which show a futher order of magnitude increase in wall velocity. A time dependent velocity is required in the Avrami theory to explain the change in domain area versus time at a constant electric field. We believe that these features of domain switching must be considered when studying ferroelectrics in general.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	137-146
Number of pages	10
Journal	Integrated Ferroelectrics
Volume	27
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10584589908228463
State	Published - 1999
Event	The 11th International Symposium on Integrated Ferroelectrics (ISIF99) - Colorado Springs, CO, USA Duration: Mar 7 1999 → Mar 10 1999

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