Domain Wall Roughness in Stripe Phase BiFeO${}_3$ Thin Films

Abstract

Using the model system of ferroelectric domain walls, we explore the effects of long-range dipolar interactions and periodic ordering on the behavior of pinned elastic interfaces. In piezoresponse force microscopy studies of the characteristic roughening of intrinsic 71° stripe domains in BiFeO${}_3$ thin films, we find unexpectedly high values of the roughness exponent ζ = 0.74 $\pm$ 0.10, significantly different from those obtained for artificially written domain walls in this and other ferroelectric materials. The large value of the exponent suggests that a random field-dominated pinning, combined with stronger disorder and strain effects due to the step-bunching morphology of the samples, could be the dominant source of pinning in the system.

5 pages, 4 figures

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