Polarization reversal and jump-like domain wall motion in stoichiometric LiTaO 3 produced by vapor transport equilibration / Shur V.Ya., Akhmatkhanov A.R., Baturin I.S., Shishkina E.V. // Journal of Applied Physics. - 2012. - V. 111, l. 1.

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00218979

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The polarization reversal and domain structure evolution has been studied in stoichiometric lithium tantalate prepared by vapor transport equilibration process. The first in situ visualization of domain kinetics has demonstrated the jump-like motion of few strictly oriented plane domain walls, which leads to short isolated current pulses in the switching current data. The proposed model of jump-like domain wall motion caused by interaction with pinning centers representing the areas with increased value of the threshold field is based on the effect of retardation of bulk screening. The derived formulas were applied successfully for analysis of the field dependence of the total switching time. The durations of wall jumps and wall stays (rest times) extracted from the switching current data are analyzed separately. The deceleration of the wall motion velocity during jump is controlled by the trail of residual depolarization field produced by bound charges and screening charges in the area behind the wall. The duration of the rest time is governed by the bulk screening of residual depolarization field. The value of Hurst exponent 0.75 obtained by fractal analysis of the switching current data has confirmed the essential influence of prehistory on the domain wall motion. The measurements of the coercive field by switching in bipolar triangular pulses in wide range of the field ramp rate have allowed us to extract the record low value of coercive field 60 V/mm for quasi-static polarization reversal. © 2012 American Institute of Physics.

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Bound charge; Coercive field; Current pulse; Depolarization fields; Domain kinetics; Domain structure; Domain wall motion; Field dependence; Fractal analysis; Hurst exponents; In-situ; Pinning center;

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10.1063/1.3673601

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Affiliations	Ferroelectric Laboratory, Institute of Natural Sciences, Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg 620000, Russian Federation
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Correspondence Address	Shur, V.Ya.; Ferroelectric Laboratory, Institute of Natural Sciences, Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg 620000, Russian Federation; email: vladimir.shur@usu.ru
CODEN	JAPIA
Language of Original Document	English
Abbreviated Source Title	J Appl Phys
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