Electrical imprint effects on far infrared (FIR) transmittance spectrum in PZT ferroelectric films

Tunable transmittance response in the 0.1-25 THz range for a lead Zirconate Titanate Ferroelectric film under imprint effects and surface anisotropy is calculated by adapting the classical Landau Devonshire theory and Rouard's method. Induced electrical field is introduced by modulating the P−E polarization profile, while the dielectric permittivity frequency dependence enters into the formalism by taking into account the soft phonon mode E(TO1) contribution in the framework of the Drude-Lorentz model. It is found that two optical states of light transmittance emerge at zero applied field and normal incidence, and the intensities of transmitted light are closely correlated with the strength of imprint and the path of the electrical polarization.