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KR: Fachgruppe Kristallographie

KR 3: Poster Session on Ferroic Domain Walls - Multiferroics (DF jointly with KR, MA, TT)

KR 3.11: Poster

Monday, March 16, 2015, 19:00–21:00, Poster C

Signature of domain walls in PFM measurements — •Tim Flatten and Elisabeth Soergel — Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bonn, Nussallee 12, 53115 Bonn

Piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) is at present the technique the most used for mapping ferroelectric domain patterns. However, the unambiguous determination of the direction of polarization of the individual domains based on PFM-images is generally not straightforward. Not only the careful analysis of a set of vertical- and lateral-PFM images are required, but possibly also a set of images after the rotation of the sample by 90^∘ are necessary for fully determining the domain pattern. In addition to the PFM-signal obtained on top of the domain faces, on might, however, also make use of the signature of the domain walls (DW) in the PFM-signal. For ↑↓ domain walls the PFM-signal shows a symmetric, tangent-like transition between the two domains. This transition, however, should exhibit different features depending on the direction of polarization of the domains adjacent to the DW and the inclination angle of the DW relative to the sample surface. Using this additional information, the full determination of the domain pattern should be facilitated.