Nanoscale design of polarization in ultrathin ferroelectric heterostructures

Gabriele De Luca, Nives Strkalj, Sebastian Manz, Corinne Bouillet, Manfred Fiebig and Morgan Trassin ()
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Gabriele De Luca: ETH Zurich
Nives Strkalj: ETH Zurich
Sebastian Manz: ETH Zurich
Corinne Bouillet: Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg—CNRS UMR 7504
Manfred Fiebig: ETH Zurich
Morgan Trassin: ETH Zurich

Nature Communications, 2017, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract The success of oxide electronics depends on the ability to design functional properties such as ferroelectricity with atomic accuracy. However, despite tremendous advances in ferroelectric heterostructures, the development towards multilevel architectures with precise layer-by-layer command over the polarization is impeded by the lack of continuous control over the balance of electrostatics, strain, chemistry and film thickness during growth. Moreover, the polarization in the deeper layers becomes inaccessible when these are buried by the ongoing deposition. Taking ferroelectric BaTiO3 and multiferroic BiFeO3 as model systems, we observe and engineer the emergence, orientation and interaction of ferroelectric polarization in ultrathin heterostructures with monolayer accuracy. We achieve this by optical second harmonic generation which tracks the evolution of spontaneous polarization in real time throughout the deposition process. Such direct and in situ access to the polarization during growth leads us to heterostructures with user-defined polarization sequences—towards a new class of functional ferroic materials.

Date: 2017
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