Formation of metastable ferroelectric clusters inK1−xLixTa1−yNbyO3:Cu,Vat the paraelectric phase
Autor: | Aharon J. Agranat, Meir Razvag, Gabby Bitton |
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Rok vydání: | 1998 |
Předmět: |
Materials science
Condensed matter physics Physics::Optics Photorefractive effect Dielectric Ferroelectricity Space charge Gibbs free energy Condensed Matter::Materials Science symbols.namesake chemistry.chemical_compound Nuclear magnetic resonance chemistry Electric field Phase (matter) Lithium tantalate symbols Physics::Atomic Physics |
Zdroj: | Physical Review B. 58:5282-5286 |
ISSN: | 1095-3795 0163-1829 |
DOI: | 10.1103/physrevb.58.5282 |
Popis: | We present experimental evidence indicating that in potassium lithium tantalate niobate at the paraelectric phase, ferroelectric clusters are formed to compensate the space charge induced field created in a photorefractive process. These clusters are distributed in a slow spontaneous process and form a dipolar grating which is spatially correlated with the photorefractive space charge grating. By investigating the Gibbs free energy, we show that the compensating gratings are formed only in the temperature region where a metastable ferroelectric state is allowed to exist at the paraelectric phase. The compensation process, as well as its temperature and electric field dependence are interpreted in terms of the Gibbs free energy. |
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