Understanding the nature of ultrafast polarization dynamics of ferroelectric memory in the muitiferroic BiFeO

Advanced Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 28, 2009, Pages 2881-2885

  Rana, Dhanvir Singh ^a,b   Kawayama, Iwao ^a   Mavani, Krushna ^a,c   Takahashi, Kouhei ^a   Murakami, Hironaru ^a   Tonouchi, Masayoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH BHOPAL   (India)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETS; BAND GAPS; EXCITATION LASERS; FERROELECTRIC MEMORY; FERROELECTRIC ORDER; FERROELECTRIC POLARIZATION; NON DESTRUCTIVE; ORIENTED THIN FILMS; PICOSECOND TIME; POLARIZATION DYNAMICS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SURFACE NORMALS; THZ EMISSION; TIME-DOMAIN WAVEFORMS; ULTRA-FAST;

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FERROELECTRICITY; LASER EXCITATION; LASER PULSES; POLARIZATION; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SEMICONDUCTING BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; THIN FILMS;

FERROELECTRIC FILMS;

EID: 68249127108     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200802094     Document Type: Article

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