Department of Physics and Astronomy: Publications and Other Research
Date of this Version
April 2008
Abstract
The image formation mechanism in piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) of capacitor structures is analyzed. We demonstrate that the spatial resolution is a bilinear function of film and top electrode thicknesses and derive the corresponding analytical expressions. For many perovskites, the opposite contributions of d31 and d33 components can result in anomalous domain wall profiles. This analysis establishes the applicability limits of PFM for polarization dynamics studies in capacitors and applies them to other structural probes, including focused x-ray studies of capacitor structures.
Comments
Published in Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 152906 2008. Copyright © 2008 American Institute of Physics. Used by permission.