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PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 80, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.045409
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- STREP MaCoMuFi [NMP3-CT-2006033221]
- European Community [SFB 608]
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A homogeneous distribution of ferroelectric nanoinclusions was observed by optical second harmonic generation in epitaxial films of hexagonal RMnO3 (R = Y, Dy, Ho, Er) grown on ZrO2(Y2O3) substrates. The inclusions correspond to secondary orientations in the c-axis-oriented films. Their volume density is in the range of 10(-3) and their occurrence is independent of growth technique and film thickness in the range of 20-1000 nm. The inclusions behave as preferentially polarized ferroelectric nanodomains whereas the epitaxial film is in a ferroelectric single-domain state. In addition, the antiferromagnetic phase exhibits nanodomains of < 100 nm which is three orders of magnitude below the extension of bulk antiferromagnetic domains in RMnO3. Indications for a polarization-induced magnetic order different from that of the bulk are discussed.
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