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Near-Field Second Harmonic Microscopy of Thin Ferroelectric Films

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Author(s)

V Smolyaninova, H Y. Liang, C H. Lee, C C. Davis, L D. Rotter, Debra Kaiser

Abstract

Near-field second harmonic microscopy is ideally suited for studies of local nonlinearity and poling of ferroelectric materials at the microscopic level. Its main advantages in comparison with other scanning probe techniques are the possibility of fast time-resolved measurements, and substantially smaller perturbation of the sample under investigation caused by the optical probe. We report second harmonic imaging of the surface of thin BaTiO3 films obtained in a near-field microscopy setup using a Ti: sapphire laser system consisting of an oscillator and a regenerative amplifier operating at 810 nm. Optical resolution on the order of 80 nm has been achieved.
Citation
Ferroelectric Thin Films
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

BaTi03, ferroelectric oxides, near-field second harmonic microscopy, NSOM, SHG, thin films

Citation

Smolyaninova, V. , Liang, H. , Lee, C. , Davis, C. , Rotter, L. and Kaiser, D. (2021), Near-Field Second Harmonic Microscopy of Thin Ferroelectric Films, Ferroelectric Thin Films (Accessed May 1, 2025)

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Created October 12, 2021