Relaxor-based ferroelectric crystals of lead magnesium niobate-lead titanate (PMN-PT) are attracting great attention due to their prominent piezoelectric properties. Moreover, an enhancement of the integral properties requires the deep understanding of domain kinetics and domain structure evolution for application of the domain engineering techniques in relaxor-PT materials. Here, we demonstrate the results of studying the domain structure evolution by direct optical imaging during polarization reversal in [111]-oriented rhombohedral PMN-PT single crystals. Three domain types involved in the switching process have been revealed. The following consequent stages of the domain structure evolution have been separated: (I) nucleation and growth of a↑-domains and 2a-CDW and (II) nucleation and growth of c↓-domains. The undesirable effect of the partial backswitching during the electric field decrease was attributed to the clamped switching conditions.
Skip Nav Destination
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
Article navigation
2 September 2019
Research Article|
September 06 2019
Direct observation of domain kinetics in rhombohedral PMN-28PT single crystals during polarization reversal
A. D. Ushakov
;
A. D. Ushakov
a)
1
School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ural Federal University
, 620000 Ekaterinburg, Russia
Search for other works by this author on:
A. A. Esin
;
A. A. Esin
1
School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ural Federal University
, 620000 Ekaterinburg, Russia
Search for other works by this author on:
A. R. Akhmatkhanov
;
A. R. Akhmatkhanov
1
School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ural Federal University
, 620000 Ekaterinburg, Russia
Search for other works by this author on:
Q. Hu
;
Q. Hu
2
Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education & International Center for Dielectric Research, Xi'an Jiaotong University
, 710049 Xi'an, China
Search for other works by this author on:
X. Liu
;
X. Liu
1
School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ural Federal University
, 620000 Ekaterinburg, Russia
2
Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education & International Center for Dielectric Research, Xi'an Jiaotong University
, 710049 Xi'an, China
Search for other works by this author on:
Y. Zhao
;
Y. Zhao
1
School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ural Federal University
, 620000 Ekaterinburg, Russia
2
Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education & International Center for Dielectric Research, Xi'an Jiaotong University
, 710049 Xi'an, China
Search for other works by this author on:
A. A. Andreev
;
A. A. Andreev
1
School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ural Federal University
, 620000 Ekaterinburg, Russia
Search for other works by this author on:
X. Wei
;
X. Wei
2
Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education & International Center for Dielectric Research, Xi'an Jiaotong University
, 710049 Xi'an, China
Search for other works by this author on:
V. Ya. Shur
V. Ya. Shur
b)
1
School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ural Federal University
, 620000 Ekaterinburg, Russia
Search for other works by this author on:
A. D. Ushakov
1,a)
A. A. Esin
1
A. R. Akhmatkhanov
1
X. Liu
1,2
Y. Zhao
1,2
A. A. Andreev
1
V. Ya. Shur
1,b)
1
School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ural Federal University
, 620000 Ekaterinburg, Russia
2
Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education & International Center for Dielectric Research, Xi'an Jiaotong University
, 710049 Xi'an, China
a)
Electronic mail: [email protected]
b)
Electronic mail: [email protected]
Appl. Phys. Lett. 115, 102903 (2019)
Article history
Received:
June 12 2019
Accepted:
August 21 2019
Citation
A. D. Ushakov, A. A. Esin, A. R. Akhmatkhanov, Q. Hu, X. Liu, Y. Zhao, A. A. Andreev, X. Wei, V. Ya. Shur; Direct observation of domain kinetics in rhombohedral PMN-28PT single crystals during polarization reversal. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2 September 2019; 115 (10): 102903. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5114885
Download citation file:
Pay-Per-View Access
$40.00
Sign In
You could not be signed in. Please check your credentials and make sure you have an active account and try again.
Citing articles via
Roadmap on photonic metasurfaces
Sebastian A. Schulz, Rupert. F. Oulton, et al.
Diamagnetic levitation of water realized with a simple device consisting of ordinary permanent magnets
Tomoya Naito, Tomoaki Suzuki, et al.
Charge localization in optoelectronic and photocatalytic applications: Computational perspective
Francesco Ambrosio, Julia Wiktor
Related Content
Dense ferroelectric-ferroelastic domain structures in rhombohedral PMN-28PT single crystals
Appl. Phys. Lett. (May 2020)
Domain structure evolution during alternating current poling and its influence on the piezoelectric properties in [001]-cut rhombohedral PIN-PMN-PT single crystals
Appl. Phys. Lett. (June 2021)
Study on dielectric and piezoelectric properties of 0.7 Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.3 PbTiO3 single crystal with nano-patterned composite electrode
J. Appl. Phys. (September 2013)
Abnormal domain switching in Pb ( Zr , Ti ) O 3 thin film capacitors
Appl. Phys. Lett. (December 2008)
Abnormal widening of the domain touching the electrode during in-plane local switching in lithium niobate
Appl. Phys. Lett. (December 2024)