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Optical Induction and Erasure of Ferroelectric Domains in Tetragonal PMN‐38PT Crystals

Xin Chen, Dawei Liu, Shan Liu, Leszek M. Mazur, Xin Liu, Xiaoyong Wei, Zhuo Xu, Junli Wang, Yan Sheng, Zhiyi Wei, Wieslaw Krolikowski

Advanced Optical Materials· Volume 10· Issue 4
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Abstract

Abstract PT‐relaxor ferroelectrics exhibit excellent piezoelectric and quadratic nonlinear optical properties, making them prominent candidates for realization of phononic and nonlinear photonic crystals which rely on spatially patterned ferroelectric domains. However, formation of domain patterns, especially in three dimensions, has been challenging. This paper presents the first experimental demonstration of localized ferroelectric domains and their 2D and 3D patterns inside 0.62Pb(Mg 1/3 Nb 2/3 )O 3 ‐0.38PbTiO 3 (PMN‐38PT) single‐domain crystals engineered with focused near‐infrared femtosecond laser pulses. Two types of domains are optically induced. Primary domains are formed in the focal volume of the beam, and secondary domains appearing at higher laser power, in the shape of hollow cylindrical structures, are formed around the beam. A physical mechanism of optical domain inversion involving thermoelectric and space charge fields is proposed. This study contributes to a deeper understanding of domain formation and structuring in PMN‐PT relaxor‐based ferroelectrics, paving the way to integrate electromechanical, acoustic, and nonlinear optical effects in a single crystal.
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Electronic materials

OpenAlex topics: Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics · Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials · Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies

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School of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering Xidian University Xi'an 710071 China

Laser Physics Centre, Research School of Physics Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200 Australia

Science Program Texas A&M University at Qatar Doha 23874 Qatar

Advanced Materials Engineering and Modelling Group Faculty of Chemistry Wroclaw University of Science and Technology Wyb. Wyspianskiego 27 Wroclaw 50‐370 Poland

Electronic Materials Research Laboratory Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education and International Center for Dielectric Research Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an 710049 China

Laboratory of Infrared Materials and Devices Research Institute of Advanced Technologies Ningbo University Ningbo Zhejiang 315211 China

Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics Institute of Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China · Qatar National Research Fund · Australian Research Council

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