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Formation of nanodomain ensembles during polarization reversal in Sr0.61Ba0.39Nb2O6: Ce single crystals

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The results of the study of nano- and microdomain structure evolution in single crystals of relaxor ferroelectric strontium barium niobate Sr0.61Ba0.39Nb2O6 doped by cerium are presented. It was shown that the initial nanodomain structure represents a self-similar three-dimensional maze. The fractal dimension and average period were revealed. It was demonstrated that application of series of alternating electric field pulses makes it possible to produce a single-domain state in the surface layer. The features of the growth and “merging,” as well as the shape of ensembles of isolated nanodomains formed during switching from the single-domain state, were investigated. The formation of the nanodomain ensembles was considered as a result of the self-organized discrete switching controlled by determined nucleation.

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    V. Ya. Shur, V. A. Shikhova, D. V. Pelegov & A. V. Ievlev

  2. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 38, Moscow, 119991, Russia

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Original Russian Text © V.Ya. Shur, V.A. Shikhova, D.V. Pelegov, A.V. Ievlev, L.I. Ivleva, 2011, published in Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 2011, Vol. 53, No. 11, pp. 2195–2199.

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Shur, V.Y., Shikhova, V.A., Pelegov, D.V. et al. Formation of nanodomain ensembles during polarization reversal in Sr0.61Ba0.39Nb2O6: Ce single crystals. Phys. Solid State 53, 2311–2315 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106378341111028X

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