Direct writing of ferroelectric domains on strontium barium niobate crystals using focused ultraviolet laser light

作者: Andreas Boes , Tristan Crasto , Hendrik Steigerwald , Scott Wade , Jakob Frohnhaus

DOI: 10.1063/1.4823702

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摘要: We report ferroelectric domain inversion in strontium barium niobate (SBN) single crystals by irradiating the surface locally with a strongly focused ultraviolet (UV) laser beam. The generated domains are investigated using piezoresponse force microscopy. propose simple model that allows predicting width as function of irradiation intensity, which indeed applies for both SBN and LiNbO3. Evidently, though fundamentally different, structure LiNbO3 can be engineered through similar UV irradiation.

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