Giant ultrafast photo-induced shear strain in ferroelectric BiFeO 3

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lejman, Mariusz ^a   Vaudel, Gwenaelle ^a   Infante, Ingrid C ^b   Gemeiner, Pascale ^b   Gusev, Vitalyi E ^c   Dkhil, Brahim ^b   Ruello, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE STRUCTURES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; BISMUTH FERRITE; FERROELECTRIC OXIDE; LEAD; NANOMATERIAL; OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

METAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POLARIZATION; SHEAR STRAIN;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC FIELD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LIGHT INTENSITY; LONGITUDINAL ACOUSTIC; MECHANICAL PROBE; OPTICAL PUMP PROBE MEASUREMENT; PHONON; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POLARIZATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SHEAR STRESS; SOUND RELATED PHENOMENA; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; TRANSVERSE ACOUSTIC; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84903779314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5301     Document Type: Article

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