Optical Control of Adaptive Nanoscale Domain Networks

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Hauptverfasser: Zajac, Marc, Zhou, Tao, Yang, Tiannan, Das, Sujit, Cao, Yue, Guzelturk, Burak, Stoica, Vladimir, Cherukara, Mathew, Freeland, John W., Gopalan, Venkatraman, Ramesh, Ramamoorthy, Martin, Lane W., Chen, Long-Qing, Holt, Martin, Hruszkewycz, Stephan, Wen, Haidan
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author Zajac, Marc
Zhou, Tao
Yang, Tiannan
Das, Sujit
Cao, Yue
Guzelturk, Burak
Stoica, Vladimir
Cherukara, Mathew
Freeland, John W.
Gopalan, Venkatraman
Ramesh, Ramamoorthy
Martin, Lane W.
Chen, Long-Qing
Holt, Martin
Hruszkewycz, Stephan
Wen, Haidan
author_facet Zajac, Marc
Zhou, Tao
Yang, Tiannan
Das, Sujit
Cao, Yue
Guzelturk, Burak
Stoica, Vladimir
Cherukara, Mathew
Freeland, John W.
Gopalan, Venkatraman
Ramesh, Ramamoorthy
Martin, Lane W.
Chen, Long-Qing
Holt, Martin
Hruszkewycz, Stephan
Wen, Haidan
contents Adaptive networks can sense and adjust to dynamic environments to optimize their performance. Understanding their nanoscale responses to external stimuli is essential for applications in nanodevices and neuromorphic computing. However, it is challenging to image such responses on the nanoscale with crystallographic sensitivity. Here, the evolution of nanodomain networks in (PbTiO3)n/(SrTiO3)n superlattices was directly visualized in real space as the system adapts to ultrafast repetitive optical excitations that emulate controlled neural inputs. The adaptive response allows the system to explore a wealth of metastable states that were previously inaccessible. Their reconfiguration and competition were quantitatively measured by scanning x-ray nanodiffraction as a function of the number of applied pulses, in which crystallographic characteristics were quantitatively assessed by assorted diffraction patterns using unsupervised machine-learning methods. The corresponding domain boundaries and their connectivity were drastically altered by light, holding promise for light-programmable nanocircuits in analogy to neuroplasticity. Phase-field simulations elucidate that the reconfiguration of the domain networks is a result of the interplay between photocarriers and transient lattice temperature. The demonstrated optical control scheme and the uncovered nanoscopic insights open opportunities for remote control of adaptive nanoscale domain networks.
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spellingShingle Optical Control of Adaptive Nanoscale Domain Networks
Zajac, Marc
Zhou, Tao
Yang, Tiannan
Das, Sujit
Cao, Yue
Guzelturk, Burak
Stoica, Vladimir
Cherukara, Mathew
Freeland, John W.
Gopalan, Venkatraman
Ramesh, Ramamoorthy
Martin, Lane W.
Chen, Long-Qing
Holt, Martin
Hruszkewycz, Stephan
Wen, Haidan
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Applied Physics
Adaptive networks can sense and adjust to dynamic environments to optimize their performance. Understanding their nanoscale responses to external stimuli is essential for applications in nanodevices and neuromorphic computing. However, it is challenging to image such responses on the nanoscale with crystallographic sensitivity. Here, the evolution of nanodomain networks in (PbTiO3)n/(SrTiO3)n superlattices was directly visualized in real space as the system adapts to ultrafast repetitive optical excitations that emulate controlled neural inputs. The adaptive response allows the system to explore a wealth of metastable states that were previously inaccessible. Their reconfiguration and competition were quantitatively measured by scanning x-ray nanodiffraction as a function of the number of applied pulses, in which crystallographic characteristics were quantitatively assessed by assorted diffraction patterns using unsupervised machine-learning methods. The corresponding domain boundaries and their connectivity were drastically altered by light, holding promise for light-programmable nanocircuits in analogy to neuroplasticity. Phase-field simulations elucidate that the reconfiguration of the domain networks is a result of the interplay between photocarriers and transient lattice temperature. The demonstrated optical control scheme and the uncovered nanoscopic insights open opportunities for remote control of adaptive nanoscale domain networks.
title Optical Control of Adaptive Nanoscale Domain Networks
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Applied Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.17067