Chin. Phys. Lett.  2021, Vol. 38 Issue (8): 087701    DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/38/8/087701
CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES |
Narrow Waveguide Based on Ferroelectric Domain Wall
Gongzheng Chen1,2, Jin Lan1,3*, Tai Min4, and Jiang Xiao1,2,5*
1Department of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
2Institute for Nanoelectronics Devices and Quantum Computing, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
3Center for Joint Quantum Studies and Department of Physics, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
4Center for Spintronics and Quantum System, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
5Shanghai Research Center for Quantum Sciences, Shanghai 201315, China
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Gongzheng Chen, Jin Lan, Tai Min et al  2021 Chin. Phys. Lett. 38 087701
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Abstract Ferroelectric materials are spontaneous symmetry breaking systems that are characterized by ordered electric polarizations. Similar to its ferromagnetic counterpart, a ferroelectric domain wall can be regarded as a soft interface separating two different ferroelectric domains. Here we show that two bound state excitations of electric polarization (polar wave), or the vibration and breathing modes, can be hosted and propagate within the ferroelectric domain wall. In particular, the vibration polar wave has zero frequency gap, thus is constricted deeply inside ferroelectric domain wall, and can even propagate in the presence of local pinnings. The ferroelectric domain wall waveguide as demonstrated here offers a new paradigm in developing ferroelectric information processing units.
Received: 19 April 2021      Published: 02 August 2021
PACS:  77.80.-e (Ferroelectricity and antiferroelectricity)  
  77.80.Dj (Domain structure; hysteresis)  
  73.20.Mf (Collective excitations (including excitons, polarons, plasmons and other charge-density excitations))  
  42.79.Gn (Optical waveguides and couplers)  
Fund: Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11904260), the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin (Grant No. 20JCQNJC02020), the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (Grant No. 20JC1415900), and Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project (Grant No. 2019SHZDZX01).
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