Nondestructive Method for the Determination of the Electric Polarization Orientation in Thin Films: Illustration on Gallium Ferrite Thin Films

• Published in: Small methods Vol. 1; no. 12
• Main Authors: Lefevre, Chistophe, Demchenko, Anna, Bouillet, Corinne, Luysberg, Martina, Devaux, Xavier, Roulland, François, Versini, Gilles, Barre, Sophie, Wakabayashi, Yusuke, Boudet, Nathalie, Leuvrey, Cédric, Acosta, Manuel, Meny, Christian, Martin, Elodie, Grenier, Stéphane, Favre‐Nicolin, Vincent, Viart, Nathalie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 11.12.2017
• Subjects: Condensed Matter; Materials Science; Physics; polarization orientation; resonant diffraction; transmission electronic microscopy

The knowledge and control of the electric polarization in multiferroic thin films is currently the subject of extensive research efforts. This is the key toward a possible transformation into devices of the exciting phenomena such as conductance modification or polarity observed at ferroelectric dom...