title: Consequences of the background in piezoresponse force microscopy on the imaging of ferroelectric domain structures.
abstract: The interpretation of ferroelectric domain images obtained with a piezoresponse force microscope (PFM) is discussed. The influence of an inherent experimental background on the domain contrast in PFM images (enhancement, nulling, inversion) as well as on the shape and the location of the domain boundaries are described. We present experimental results to evidence our analysis of the influence of the background on the domain contrast in PFM images.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, University of Bonn, Wegelerstrasse 8, 53115 Bonn, Germany. jungk@uni-bonn.de
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authors.lastname: Jungk
authors.forename: A
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authors.lastname: Hoffmann
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authors.lastname: Soergel