Extrinsic Size Effect in Piezoresponse Force Microscopy of Thin Films
arXiv:0704.2829 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.76.054123
Abstract
The extrinsic size effect in Piezoresponse Force Microscopy of ferroelectric and piezoelectric thin films on non-polar dielectric substrate is analyzed. Analytical expressions for effective piezoresponse, object transfer function components, and Rayleigh two-point resolution are obtained. These results can be broadly applied for effective piezoelectric response calculations in thin piezoelectric and ferroelectric films as well as surface polar layers e.g. in organic materials and bio-polymers. In particular, the effective piezoresponse strongly decreases with film thickness whereas the sharpness of domain stripes image increases due to the object transfer function spectrum broadening.
16 pages, 5 figures; To be submitted to Phys. Rev. B-Rapid Communications
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