Investigation of Ferroelectric Domain Structure and Nonlinear Optical Properties in Barium Titanate Epitaxial Thin Films

Download or read book Investigation of Ferroelectric Domain Structure and Nonlinear Optical Properties in Barium Titanate Epitaxial Thin Films written by David J. Towner and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ferroelectric material barium titanate exhibits exceptional electro-optic and dielectric properties, making it desirable for electro-optic applications, especially in thin film form. The effective nonlinear optical and dielectric properties of BaTiO3 films are determined by the ferroelectric domain structure. The ferroelectric domain structures of epitaxial BaTiO3 films on MgO (100) substrates were investigated using x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning probe microscopy (SPM), and second harmonic generation (SHG) techniques.