The suppressing of the switchable remnant polarization in PZT films at
illumination in the external field is observed. This phenomenon is ex
plained by the screening of the domain walls by the nonequilibrium car
riers. The experimental results are compared with the switching kineti
cs, suggested by Yshibashi and Takagi. The comparison reveals also the
influence of the nonequilibrium carriers on the domain-wall velocity
and nucleation rate.