Ultrafast Terahertz Gating of the Polarization and Giant Nonlinear Optical Response in BiFeO3 Thin Films. (21st September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chen, Frank; Goodfellow, John; Liu, Shi; Grinberg, Ilya; Hoffmann, Matthias C.; Damodaran, Anoop R.; Zhu, Yi; Zalden, Peter; Zhang, Xiaohang; Takeuchi, Ichiro; Rappe, Andrew M.; Martin, Lane W.; Wen, Haidan; Lindenberg, Aaron M.
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 27:Number 41(2015)
• Page Start: 6371
• Page End: 6375
• Publication Date: 2015-09-21
• Subjects: ferroelectrics -- nonlinear optical properties -- terahertz modulators -- ultra‐fast; Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201502975
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

Abstract : Terahertz pulses are applied as an all‐optical bias to ferroelectric thin‐film BiFeO3 while monitoring the time‐dependent ferroelectric polarization through its nonlinear optical response. Modulations in the intensity of the second harmonic light generated by the film correspond to on–off ratios of 220× gateable on femtosecond timescales. Polarization modulations comparable to the built‐in static polarization are observed.