@article{33641, keywords = {Thin films, Electron microscopy, Polarization, Epitaxial growth, Polarization switching, Bismuth compounds, Ferroelectricity, Strontium compounds, Ferroelectric domain structure, Piezoelectric force microscopy (PEM), Piezoresponse data, Vectors}, author = {F Zavaliche and P Shafer and Ramamoorthy Ramesh and M.P Cruz and R.R Das and D.M Kim and C.B Eom}, title = {Polarization switching in epitaxial BiFeO 3 films}, abstract = {Ferroelectric domain structure and polarization switching in an epitaxial BiFe O3 film grown on a 0.8° miscut SrTi O3 (001) substrate were studied by piezoelectric force microscopy. The film shows a two-domain stripe pattern, with the polarization vectors oriented along two 〈111〉 axes which form an angle of 71°. Polarization switching was investigated by locally poling the film. By combining the perpendicular and in-plane piezoresponse data we found that polarization rotates by 71° and 109°, while 180° switching is mainly observed at low fields. © 2005 American Institute of Physics.}, year = {2005}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters}, volume = {87}, number = {25}, pages = {1-3}, issn = {00036951}, doi = {10.1063/1.2149180}, note = {cited By 102}, language = {eng}, }