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Growth of Ferroelectric Domains in Polar Direction

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The forward domain growth in polar direction has been investigated on the example of the formation of isolated wedge-shaped domains and arrays of domains on lithium niobate nonpolar cuts under an electric field of a scanning probe microscope. Domain growth occurs due to the generation of steps and motion of charged kinks along charged domain walls (CDWs). A simulation of field spatial distribution showed that the generation of steps near a domain vertex is mainly caused by the effect of external field, whereas the forward growth is due to the kink motion in the field induced by neighboring kinks. Scanning by a probe tip with an applied voltage leads to the self-assembled formation of domain arrays with domain length alternation: doubling, quadrupling, and chaotic behavior under the action of the depolarizing fields formed by three neighboring domains.

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This study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (grant no. 19-12-00210) using equipment of the Ural Center for Collective Use “Modern Nanotechnologies” of the Ural Federal University (reg. no. 2968), supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (project no. 075-15-2021-677).

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Shur, V.Y., Pelegova, E.V., Turygin, A.P. et al. Growth of Ferroelectric Domains in Polar Direction. Crystallogr. Rep. 68, 756–764 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063774523600588

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