Direct observation of the proliferation of ferroelectric loop domains and vortex-antivortex pairs

Details Direct observation of the proliferation of ferroelectric loop domains and vortex-antivortex pairs Direct observation of the proliferation of ferroelectric loop domains and vortex-antivortex pairs

2012-03-23

arxiv.org/abs/1203.5371v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

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We discovered "stripe" patterns of trimerization-ferroelectric domains in hexagonal REMnO3 (RE=Ho, ---, Lu) crystals (grown below ferroelectric transition temperatures (Tc), reaching up to 1435 oC), in contrast with the vortex patterns in YMnO3. These stripe patterns roughen with the appearance of numerous loop domains through thermal annealing just below Tc, but the stripe domain patterns turn to vortex-antivortex domain patterns through a freezing process when crystals cross Tc even though the phase transition appears not to be Kosterlitz-Thouless-type. The experimental systematics are compared with the results of our six-state clock model simulation and also the Kibble-Zurek Mechanism for trapped topological defects.

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