Domain dynamics under unipolar electric fields for BaTiO_3 single crystals

摘要

Domain structures and dynamics of BaTiO_3 single crystals under in-situ electric fields along <110>_c were investigated by using synchrotron radiation single-crystal X-ray diffractions. Diffraction patterns clearly show the presence of a 90 domain structure in the crystals poled along <110>_c. The diffraction analysis provides direct evidence of a reversible change in the volume fractions of two kinds of the 90 ° domains under unipolar in-situ electric fields. This reversible change in the domain structures under unipolar fields is suggested to originate from the interaction between spontaneous polarization and defect dipoles composed of acceptor and oxygen vacancy.