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Dynamic Response of the Electro-Optic Effect in Epitaxial Ferroelectric Thin Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

B. H. Hoerman ,
J. C. Majewski ,
B. M. Nichols ,
A. Teren  and
B. W. Wessels
B. H. Hoerman
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
J. C. Majewski
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
B. M. Nichols
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
A. Teren
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
B. W. Wessels
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
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Abstract

The dynamic response of the electro-optic coefficients and the electronic polarizability for epitaxial thin films of KnbO3 and BaTiO3 are measured. For these two systems a logarithmic dependence of the electro-optic response and the polarization on time was observed after removal of an applied electric field. The dynamic response of the electro-optic effect and the polarization of the films are attributed to the same physical mechanism, which we associate with the dynamic response of ferroelectric nanodomains.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 597: Symposium PP – Thin Films for Optical Waveguide Devices & Materials … , 1999 , 157
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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