Fatigue effect in ferroelectric crystals: Growth of the frozen domains | Zendy

V. Ya. Shur | Zendy; А. Р. Ахматханов | Zendy; И. С. Батурин | Zendy

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Fatigue effect in ferroelectric crystals: Growth of the frozen domains

Author(s) -

V. Ya. Shur,

А. Р. Ахматханов,

И. С. Батурин

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of applied physics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.699

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1089-7550

pISSN - 0021-8979

DOI - 10.1063/1.4729834

Subject(s) - ferroelectricity , materials science , coercivity , lithium tantalate , hysteresis , condensed matter physics , raman spectroscopy , triglycine sulfate , field (mathematics) , single domain , domain wall (magnetism) , piezoelectricity , dielectric , optics , lithium niobate , composite material , magnetic domain , magnetic field , optoelectronics , physics , mathematics , magnetization , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics

The model of the fatigue effect during cyclic switching caused by growth of the frozen domain area with charged domain walls has been proposed. It was claimed on the basis of the previous experimental results that for switching in increasing field the frozen domain area started to grow at the given sub-threshold field value and stopped at the threshold field. The influence of the shape and frequency of the field pulses used for cyclic switching has been considered. The uniaxial ferroelectric stoichiometric lithium tantalate single crystals produced by vapor transport equilibration with record low value of coercive field have been chosen as a model material for experimental verification of the model. The formation of the charged domain walls as a result of cyclic switching has been revealed by analysis of the domain images obtained by optical and Raman confocal microscopy. It has been shown that the fatigue degree is equal to the fraction of the frozen domain area. The experimental dependence of the switched charge on the cycle number has been successfully fitted by modified Kolmogorov-Avrami formula. The experimentally observed frequency independence of fatigue profile for rectangular pulses and frequency dependence for triangular pulses has been explained by proposed model. © 2012 American Institute of Physics

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