Imaging ferroelectric domains in multiferroics using a low-energy electron microscope in the mirror operation mode

Autor: Cherifi, Salia, Hertel, Riccardo, Fusil, Stéphane, Béa, Hélène, Bouzehouane, Karim, Allibe, Julie, Bibes, Manuel, Barthélémy, Agnès
Přispěvatelé: Micro et NanoMagnétisme (MNM), Institut Néel (NEEL), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institute of Solid State Research [Jülich] (IFF), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH | Centre de recherche de Juliers, Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft = Helmholtz Association-Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft = Helmholtz Association, Unité mixte de physique CNRS/Thales (UMPhy CNRS/THALES), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-THALES
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: physica status solidi (RRL)-Rapid Research Letters
physica status solidi (RRL)-Rapid Research Letters, Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2010, 4 (1-2), pp.22-24. ⟨10.1002/pssr.200903297⟩
ISSN: 1862-6254
1862-6270
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1008.2861
Popis: International audience; We report on low-energy electron microscopy imaging of ferroelectric domains with submicron resolution. Periodic strips of 'up' and 'down'-polarized ferroelectric domains in bismuth ferrite -a room temperature multiferroic- serve as a model system to compare low-energy electron microscopy with the established piezoresponse force microscopy. The results confirm the possibility of full-field imaging of ferroelectric domains with short acquisition times by exploiting the sensitivity of ultraslow electrons to small variations of the electric potential near surfaces in the "mirror" operation mode.
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