SrTiO3 under exposure to mid-infrared laser light (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter

SrTiO3 under exposure to mid-infrared laser light

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Mid-infrared light reduces the fluctuations of octahedral rotations in SrTiO3, allowing the material to transform into a ferroelectric state by shifting the central titanium ion either up or down.

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Jörg Harms, MPSD

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