Ultrafast photovoltaic response in ferroelectric nanolayers

Dan Daranciang; Matthew J. Highland; Haidan Wen; Steve M. Young; Nathaniel C. Brandt; Harold Y. Hwang; Michael Vattilana; Matthieu Nicoul; Florian Quirin; John Goodfellow; Tingting Qi; Ilya Grinberg; David M. Fritz; Marco Cammarata; Diling Zhu; Henrik T. Lemke; Donald A. Walko; Eric M. Dufresne; Yuelin Li; Jörgen Larsson; David A. Reis; Klaus Sokolowski-Tinten; Keith A. Nelson; Andrew M. Rappe; Paul H. Fuoss; G. Brian Stephenson; Aaron M. Lindenberg

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.087601

Ultrafast photovoltaic response in ferroelectric nanolayers

Dan Daranciang
, Matthew J. Highland
, Haidan Wen
, Steve M. Young
, Nathaniel C. Brandt
, Harold Y. Hwang
, Michael Vattilana
, Matthieu Nicoul
, Florian Quirin
, John Goodfellow
, Tingting Qi
, Ilya Grinberg
, David M. Fritz
, Marco Cammarata
, Diling Zhu
, Henrik T. Lemke
, Donald A. Walko
, Eric M. Dufresne
, Yuelin Li
, Jörgen Larsson

David A. Reis, Klaus Sokolowski-Tinten, Keith A. Nelson, Andrew M. Rappe, Paul H. Fuoss, G. Brian Stephenson, Aaron M. Lindenberg

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Abstract

We show that light drives large-amplitude structural changes in thin films of the prototypical ferroelectric PbTiO ₃ via direct coupling to its intrinsic photovoltaic response. Using time-resolved x-ray scattering to visualize atomic displacements on femtosecond time scales, photoinduced changes in the unit-cell tetragonality are observed. These are driven by the motion of photogenerated free charges within the ferroelectric and can be simply explained by a model including both shift and screening currents, associated with the displacement of electrons first antiparallel to and then parallel to the ferroelectric polarization direction.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	087601
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	108
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.087601
State	Published - Feb 23 2012
Externally published	Yes

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Daranciang, D., Highland, M. J., Wen, H., Young, S. M., Brandt, N. C., Hwang, H. Y., Vattilana, M., Nicoul, M., Quirin, F., Goodfellow, J., Qi, T., Grinberg, I., Fritz, D. M., Cammarata, M., Zhu, D., Lemke, H. T., Walko, D. A., Dufresne, E. M., Li, Y., ... Lindenberg, A. M. (2012). Ultrafast photovoltaic response in ferroelectric nanolayers. Physical review letters, 108(8), Article 087601. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.087601

Daranciang, D, Highland, MJ, Wen, H, Young, SM, Brandt, NC, Hwang, HY, Vattilana, M, Nicoul, M, Quirin, F, Goodfellow, J, Qi, T, Grinberg, I, Fritz, DM, Cammarata, M, Zhu, D, Lemke, HT, Walko, DA, Dufresne, EM, Li, Y, Larsson, J, Reis, DA, Sokolowski-Tinten, K, Nelson, KA, Rappe, AM, Fuoss, PH, Stephenson, GB & Lindenberg, AM 2012, 'Ultrafast photovoltaic response in ferroelectric nanolayers', Physical review letters, vol. 108, no. 8, 087601. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.087601

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