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Front Cover -- Scanning Nonlinear Dielectric Microscopy -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Principles of scanning nonlinear dielectric microscopy for measuring ferroelectric and dielectric materials -- 1.1 Basic theory -- 1.1.1 Macroscopic phenomenological definition of linear and nonlinear dielectric constants -- 1.1.2 Capacitance variation with alternating electric field -- 1.2 System setup of scanning nonlinear dielectric microscopy -- 1.3 Theory for nonlinear dielectric imaging -- 1.3.1 General theorem for capacitance variation under applied electric field

1.3.2 Theoretical calculation for scanning nonlinear dielectric microscopy image -- 1.4 Higher-order scanning nonlinear dielectric microscopy -- 1.4.1 Theory -- 1.4.2 Theoretical one-dimensional image and depth sensitivity of higher-order scanning nonlinear dielectric microscopy -- References -- 2 Ferroelectric polarization measurement -- 2.1 Analysis of distributions of ferroelectric domains on a microscopic scale using scanning nonlinear dielectric microscopy -- 2.2 Higher-order nonlinear dielectric analyses -- References -- 3 Three-dimensional polarization measurement

3.1 Basics of three-dimensional polarization distribution assessment -- 3.2 Principles of three-dimensional polarization assessment using scanning nonlinear dielectric microscopy -- 3.3 Lateral assessment by Kelvin force microscopy with electric field correction -- 3.4 Lateral nanoscale assessment with electric field correction -- References -- 4 Ultrahigh-density ferroelectric data storage using scanning nonlinear dielectric microscopy -- 4.1 Ferroelectric probe memory based on scanning nonlinear dielectric microscopy with a linear scanning stage

4.1.1 Scanning nonlinear dielectric microscopy with a linear scanning stage for ultrahigh-density ferroelectric data storage -- 4.1.2 Analysis of nanodomain dots in congruent single-crystal LiTaO3 -- 4.1.3 Manipulating nanodomains using scanning nonlinear dielectric microscopy with a linear scanning stage -- 4.2 Hard-disk-drive-type scanning nonlinear dielectric microscopy ferroelectric probe memory -- 4.2.1 Background on development of ultrahigh-density hard-disk-drive-type scanning nonlinear dielectric microscopy ferroele ...

4.2.2 An scanning nonlinear dielectric microscopy ferroelectric data storage system having an hard disk drive format -- 4.2.3 Ferroelectric recording media for scanning nonlinear dielectric microscopy probe memory having an hard disk drive format -- 4.2.4 Rapid R/W characteristics of an scanning nonlinear dielectric microscopy data storage system -- 4.2.5 An hard disk drive scanning nonlinear dielectric microscopy data storage unit for high-density ferroelectric recording