Deterministic optical control of room temperature multiferroicity in BiFeO3 thin films

Yi De Liou; Yu You Chiu; Ryan Thomas Hart; Chang Yang Kuo; Yen Lin Huang; Yuan Chih Wu; Rajesh V. Chopdekar; Heng Jui Liu; Arata Tanaka; Chien Te Chen; Chun Fu Chang; Liu Hao Tjeng; Ye Cao; Valanoor Nagarajan; Ying Hao Chu; Yi Chun Chen; Jan Chi Yang

doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0348-x

Deterministic optical control of room temperature multiferroicity in BiFeO₃ thin films

Yi De Liou, Yu You Chiu, Ryan Thomas Hart, Chang Yang Kuo, Yen Lin Huang, Yuan Chih Wu, Rajesh V. Chopdekar, Heng Jui Liu, Arata Tanaka, Chien Te Chen, Chun Fu Chang, Liu Hao Tjeng, Ye Cao, Valanoor Nagarajan, Ying Hao Chu, Yi Chun Chen, Jan Chi Yang

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Controlling ferroic orders (ferroelectricity, ferromagnetism and ferroelasticity) by optical methods is a significant challenge due to the large mismatch in energy scales between the order parameter coupling strengths and the incident photons. Here, we demonstrate an approach to manipulate multiple ferroic orders in an epitaxial mixed-phase BiFeO₃ thin film at ambient temperature via laser illumination. Phase-field simulations indicate that a light-driven flexoelectric effect allows the targeted formation of ordered domains. We also achieved precise sequential laser writing and erasure of different domain patterns, which demonstrates a deterministic optical control of multiferroicity at room temperature. As ferroic orders directly influence susceptibility and conductivity in complex materials, our results not only shed light on the optical control of multiple functionalities, but also suggest possible developments for optoelectronics and related applications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	580-587
Number of pages	8
Journal	Nature Materials
Volume	18
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-019-0348-x
Publication status	Published - 2019 Jun 1

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Liou, Y. D., Chiu, Y. Y., Hart, R. T., Kuo, C. Y., Huang, Y. L., Wu, Y. C., Chopdekar, R. V., Liu, H. J., Tanaka, A., Chen, C. T., Chang, C. F., Tjeng, L. H., Cao, Y., Nagarajan, V., Chu, Y. H., Chen, Y. C., & Yang, J. C. (2019). Deterministic optical control of room temperature multiferroicity in BiFeO₃ thin films. Nature Materials, 18(6), 580-587. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-019-0348-x

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