Antiparallel ferroelectric domains in photorefractive barium titanate and strontium barium niobate observed by high-resolution x-ray diffraction imaging

Domain morphology fromk-space spectroscopy of ferroelectric crystals

“…Therefore it can be concluded that the distribution of k g vectors is isotropic in this plane. This is consistent with the agreed model for the unpoled ferroelectric phase of SBN, [8][9][10][11][12] namely a structure of 180°domains which are ͑anti͒ parallel to the crystallographic c axis. They must be assumed to be long in c direction and fractal-like shaped perpendicular to the c axis.…”

Synchrotron Mapping of Laminate Microstructures in Barium Titanate Single Crystals

“…Park et al [6] carried out white beam X-ray topography of barium titanate single crystals to observe the domains and strain fields. Antiparallel ferroelectric domains in photorefractive barium titanate single crystals were also observed by Fogarty et al using high resolution X-ray diffraction imaging with monochromatic light [7]. Various methods used previously suggest that synchrotron X-ray diffraction could be used to map the domain structure and we aim to map the microstructure over entire crystal surface by reflection topography.…”

X-ray diffraction microscopy based on refractive optics

“…Furthermore, the technique can be combined with other standard X-ray techniques to access information unobtainable in transmission geometry. Examples include grazing-incidence diffraction to image micro-and nanostructures grown on a surface, magnetic scattering to image ferromagnetic [25] or antiferromagnetic [26] magnetic domain patterns and the imaging of ferroelectric domains [27].…”