Probing domain microstructure in ferroelectric Bi4Ti3O12 thin films by optical second harmonic generation

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Barad, Y [1 ]
Lettieri, J
Theis, CD
Schlom, DG
Gopalan, V
Jiang, JC
Pan, XQ
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[1] Penn State Univ, Mat Res Lab, University Pk, PA 16801 USA
[2] Penn State Univ, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, University Pk, PA 16801 USA
[3] Univ Michigan, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
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10.1063/1.1334641
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The domain microstructure in an epitaxial thin film of Bi4Ti3O12 on a SrTiO3(001) substrate is studied by second harmonic generation measurements. The input polarization dependence of the second harmonic signal exhibits spatial symmetries that reflect the presence of eight different domain variants present in the film. A theoretical model is presented that explains the observed symmetries and extracts quantitative information on the nonlinear optical coefficients of the material and statistics of domain variants present in the film area being probed. The following ratios of nonlinear coefficients and birefringence was determined: d(12)/d(11)=-3.498 +/-0.171, \d(26)/d(12)\=0.365 +/-0.010, \d(26)/d(11)\=1.273 +/-0.036, and \n(b)-n(a)\=0.101 +/-0.018 (at 532 nm). (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.
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