Optical control of polarization in ferroelectric heterostructures

Tao Li; Alexey Lipatov; Haidong Lu; Hyungwoo Lee; Jung-Woo Lee; Engin Torun; Ludger Wirtz; Chang-Beom Eom; Jorge Íñiguez; Alexander Sinitskii; Alexei Gruverman

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05640-4

Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Optical control of polarization in ferroelectric heterostructures

Tao Li,
Alexey Lipatov,
Haidong Lu,
Hyungwoo Lee,
Jung-Woo Lee,
Engin Torun,
Ludger Wirtz,
Chang-Beom Eom,
Jorge Íñiguez,
Alexander Sinitskii,
Alexei Gruverman

Affiliations

Tao Li: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska
Alexey Lipatov: Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska
Haidong Lu: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska
Hyungwoo Lee: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin
Jung-Woo Lee: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin
Engin Torun: Physics and Materials Science Research Unit, University of Luxembourg
Ludger Wirtz: Physics and Materials Science Research Unit, University of Luxembourg
Chang-Beom Eom: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin
Jorge Íñiguez: Department of Materials Research and Technology, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Alexander Sinitskii: Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska
Alexei Gruverman: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05640-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Controlling the polarization state in ferroeletric materials is a prerequisite for their application. Here an approach is presented to optically manipulate the polarization of ferroelectric BaTiO3 by exploiting photogenerated carriers at the interface with a two-dimensional semiconducting MoS2 film.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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