DIRECT OBSERVATION OF FERROELECTRIC DOMAINS IN LITAO3 USING ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY

Authors
ZHU SN CAO WW
Citation
Sn. Zhu et Ww. Cao, DIRECT OBSERVATION OF FERROELECTRIC DOMAINS IN LITAO3 USING ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY, Physical review letters, 79(13), 1997, pp. 2558-2561
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
79
Issue
13
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2558 - 2561
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1997)79:13<2558:DOOFDI>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Direct observation of ferroelectric domain structures in LiTaO3 crysta l, without etching or surface coating, has been realized by using envi ronmental scanning electron microscopy in secondary electron emission mode. The new method can nondestructively provide domain contrast imag e at submicron resolution, and the domain contrast image is very stabl e. Conditions for best domain contrast of LiTaO crystals have been est ablished.