Defect-Enhanced Polarization Switching in the Improper Ferroelectric LuFeO<sub>3</sub>.

Barrozo, Petrucio; Småbråten, Didrik René; Tang, Yun-Long; Prasad, Bhagwati; Saremi, Sahar; Ozgur, Rustem; Thakare, Vishal; Steinhardt, Rachel A et al. · Adv Mater · 2020

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Results of switching behavior of the improper ferroelectric LuFeO<sub>3</sub> are presented. Using a model set of films prepared under controlled chemical and growth-rate conditions, it is shown that defects can reduce the quasi-static switching voltage by up to 40% in qualitative agreement with first-principles calculations. Switching studies show that the coercive field has a stronger frequency dispersion for the improper ferroelectrics compared to a proper ferroelectric such as PbTiO<sub>3</sub> . It is concluded that the primary structural order parameter controls the switching dynamics of such improper ferroelectrics.