TY - JOUR
T1 - Formation of metastable ferroelectric clusters in at the paraelectric phase
AU - Bitton, Gabby
AU - Razvag, Meir
AU - Agranat, Aharon J.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.58.5282
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.58.5282
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AN - SCOPUS:0000737231
SN - 1098-0121
VL - 58
SP - 5282
EP - 5286
JO - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
JF - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
IS - 9
ER -