Departmental Papers (MSE)
Title
Photo-induced Charge Dynamics on BaTIO3 (001) Surface Characterized by Surface Probe Microscopy
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
September 2006
Abstract
The surface potential of a multidomain BaTiO3 (001) surface was imaged in the presence and absence of ultraviolet (UV) illumination. The UV radiation induces a decrease in the surface potential contrast between c+ and c− domains with a time constant of a few seconds due to redistribution of photocarriers and screening. A slower process of recovery was observed after illumination. In addition, scanning a conducting atomic force microscopy tip in contact under UV illumination destabilizes some ferroelectric domains.
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Date Posted: 09 November 2006
This document has been peer reviewed.
Comments
Postprint version. Published in Applied Physics Letters, Volume 89, Issue 11, 2006, 112904-1-3.
Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2348776