Hyperferroelectrics: proper ferroelectrics with persistent polarization

Abstract

All known proper ferroelectrics are unable to polarize normal to a surface or interface if the resulting depolarization field is unscreened, but there is no fundamental principle that enforces this behavior. In this work, we introduce hyperferroelectrics, a new class of proper ferroelectrics which polarize even when the depolarization field is unscreened, this condition being equivalent to instability of a longitudinal optic mode in addition to the transverse-optic-mode instability characteristic of proper ferroelectrics. We use first principles calculations to show that several recently discovered hexagonal ferroelectric semiconductors have this property, and we examine its consequences both in the bulk and in a superlattice geometry.

5 pages, 5 figures

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