Imaging ferroelectric domains with a single-spin scanning quantum sensor.

ABSTRACT: The ability to sensitively image electric fields is important for understanding many nanoelectronic phenomena, including charge accumulation at surfaces¹ and interfaces² and field distributions in active electronic devices³. A particularly exciting application is the visualization of domain patterns in ferroelectric and nanoferroic materials^4,5, owing to their potential in computing and data storage^6-8. Here, we use a scanning nitrogen-vacancy (NV) microscope, well known for its use in magnetometry⁹, to image domain patterns in piezoelectric (Pb[Zr_0.2Ti_0.8]O₃) and improper ferroelectric (YMnO₃) materials through their electric fields. Electric field detection is enabled by measurin

SUBMITTER: Huxter WS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10185469 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature