Reversal of ferroelectric domains by ultrashort optical pulses

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dc.contributor.authorFahy, Stephen B.
dc.contributor.authorMerlin, Roberto
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-08T09:15:50Z
dc.date.available2017-09-08T09:15:50Z
dc.date.issued1994
dc.description.abstractThe response of a soft-phonon ferroelectric material subjected to a high-intensity optical pulse of duration much shorter than the period of the phonon is modeled using a classical, finite-temperature simulation. It is found that complete, permanent reversal of the orientation of the ferroelectric domains may occur even when the energy per atom imparted by the light pulse is much less than the average thermal energy. The result raises the possibility of using the effect to create optical switches or data storage media with switching times less than 10 psec.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationFahy, S. and Merlin, R. (1994) Reversal of ferroelectric domains by ultrashort optical pulses', Physical Review Letters, 73(8), 1122-1125 (4pp). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.1122en
dc.identifier.doi10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.1122
dc.identifier.endpage1125
dc.identifier.issn0031-9007
dc.identifier.issued8
dc.identifier.journaltitlePhysical Review Lettersen
dc.identifier.startpage1122
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/4665
dc.identifier.volume73
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Societyen
dc.relation.urihttps://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.1122
dc.rights© 1994, American Physical Societyen
dc.subjectStructural phase transitionsen
dc.subjectMolecular dynamicsen
dc.subjectSoft modeen
dc.subjectScatteringen
dc.titleReversal of ferroelectric domains by ultrashort optical pulsesen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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