Journal
FERROELECTRICS
Volume 400, Issue -, Pages 89-95Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00150193.2010.505482
Keywords
Antiferroelectricity; electrostrictive strain; birefringence; phase transitions
Ask authors/readers for more resources
The temperature dependences of electrostrictive strain and birefringence for a PbZr0.80Sn0.20O3 single crystal have been measured with a high accuracy close to the high temperature phase transitions into the paraelectric phase. Characteristic features are the existence of local maxima on M-11(T) dependence and irregular Delta n(T) dependences that indicate existence of an intermediate phase between the antiferroelectric and paraelectric phase. Above T-C a local Delta n(T) maximum appears on heating caused probably by interactions of polar regions embedded in the non-polar cubic matrix. The existence of these regions could be accounted for by a disorder of Sn ions in the lead zirconate lattice.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available