Dielectric Properties of Relaxor-based Ferroelectrics with Landau-Ginzburg-Devonshire Theory and Domain Effects

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Abstract

Magnetoelectric coupling observed in relaxor-based ferroelectrics makes them attractive for a wide variety of sensing and information technology applications. We study the polarization dynamics and dielectric properties of Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 (PMN-PT) thin films grown by RF sputter deposition. Using independent polarization and permittivity measurements, we analyze the permittivity as a function of the polarization, and compare to behavior extracted from Landau-Ginzburg-Devonshire theory in single and multiple domain models. We use this to determine the electric field and polarization ranges dominated by single and multiple domain effects, and investigate the electric field dependence of the permittivity, and the effect on magnetoelectric coupling. We also examine the effect of crystallographic orientation on the dielectric properties.

*This work was supported by the National Science Foundation under DMREF Grant No. DMR-1629270 and the Army Research Office through grant W911NF-17-1-0462.

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Presenters

  • Masahito Sayanagi

    • Physics, University of Wisconsin
    • Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Authors

  • Masahito Sayanagi

    • Physics, University of Wisconsin
    • Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Julian Irwin

    • Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    • Physics, University of Wisconsin
    • Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Shane Lindemann

    • MS&E, University of Wisconsin
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Chang-Beom Eom

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison
    • Univ of Wisconsin-Madison
    • Univ of Wisconsin, Madison
    • Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    • Matls Sci & Eng, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    • University of Wisconsin
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    • University of Wisconsin–Madison
    • MS&E, University of Wisconsin
    • Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Mark Rzchowski

    • Univ of Wisconsin, Madison
    • Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    • Physics, Univ of Wisconsin, Madison
    • Physics, University of Wisconsin
    • Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison