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二次谐波光谱成像描绘复杂铁电畴结构

Delineating complex ferroelectric domain structures via second harmonic generation spectral imaging

Wei Li, Yunpeng Ma, Tianyi Feng, Sergei V. Kalinin, Jing-Feng Li, Qian Li

摘要:

理解铁电材料中晶体对称性破缺的机制和空间相关性对于调节其功能特性至关重要。虽然光学二次谐波产生(SHG)已被用于铁电研究很久,但其探测复杂极性材料的能力尚未完全实现。在这里,我们开发了一种SHG光谱成像方法,在自制的激光扫描SHG显微镜上实现,并展示了其应用于(K,Na)NbO3单晶的模型系统。监督模型拟合分析产生的极化矢量的方向和相对分数的组成域的变体,以及它们的热演化的多晶型相变的全面信息。我们观察到一个意想不到的持久性的正交相在低温下,指向相竞争。此外,我们表明,无监督矩阵分解分析可以快速,忠实地揭示域配置,而无需特定的材料系统的先验知识。这种二次谐波光谱成像方法可以很容易地推广到其他具有进一步增强潜力的铁电材料。

英文摘要:

Understanding the mechanisms and spatial correlations of crystallographic symmetry breaking in ferroelectric materials is essential to tuning their functional properties. While optical second harmonic generation (SHG) has long been utilized in ferroelectric studies, its capability for probing complex polar materials has yet to be fully realized. Here, we develop a SHG spectral imaging method implemented on a home-designed laser-scanning SHG microscope, and demonstrate its application for a model system of (K,Na)NbO3 single crystals. Supervised model fitting analysis produces comprehensive information about the polarization vector orientations and relative fractions of constituent domain variants as well as their thermal evolution across the polymorphic phase transitions. We observe an unexpected persistence of the orthorhombic phase at low temperatures, pointing to the phase competitions. Besides, we show that unsupervised matrix decomposition analysis can quickly and faithfully reveal domain configurations without a priori knowledge about specific material systems. The SHG spectral imaging method can be readily extended to other ferroelectric materials with potentials to be further enhanced.

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