@article{33517, author = {E Arenholz and G Van Der Laan and A Fraile-Rodríguez and P Yu and Q He and Ramamoorthy Ramesh}, title = {Probing ferroelectricity in PbZr0.2 Ti0.8 O 3 with polarized soft x rays}, abstract = {The reduction in symmetry associated with the onset of ferroelectric order in PbZr0.2 Ti0.8 O3 (PZT) thin films leads to a pronounced difference at the Ti L3,2 absorption edges between spectra measured with the x-ray linear polarization perpendicular and parallel to the ferroelectric polarization. We introduce a general method to analyze the observed difference spectra using atomic multiplet calculations. Moreover, we find experimental evidence for structural changes in PZT induced by the reversal of the ferroelectric polarization. © 2010 The American Physical Society.}, year = {2010}, journal = {Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics}, volume = {82}, number = {14}, issn = {10980121}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.82.140103}, note = {cited By 28}, language = {eng}, }