Synchrotron Mapping of Laminate Microstructures in Barium Titanate Single Crystals

In-situ observation of needle domain evolution in barium titanate single crystals

“…Reflection topographs of the specimen surface were captured and specimen rocking was used to bring differently oriented domains into the Bragg condition at distinct angular positions in the detector, see Refs. [10,11] for details of the technique. Regions R1 and R2 were scanned separately and a typical rocking curves corresponding to points on a needle, on the matrix and on the comb region are shown in Fig.…”

A Review of Domain Modelling and Domain Imaging Techniques in Ferroelectric Crystals

“…Similarly, Potnis et al . [ 177 ] compare minimum energy domain patterns predicted by laminate theory with AFM observations of etched crystals. Knowledge of the possible minimum energy domain configurations aids the interpretation of observed domain patterns, particularly where there is ambiguity over domain types within the observations.…”