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Polarization Relaxation in KDP-Isomorph Ferroelectrics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Vicki Homer
Affiliation:
University of South Carolina, Dept. of Physics, Columbia, SC 29208
Ronald Edge
Affiliation:
University of South Carolina, Dept. of Physics, Columbia, SC 29208
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Abstract

The two-dimensional position sensitive detector at IPNS was used to probe the splitting of a single Bragg peak of the ferroelectric KD2PO4 (DKDP) at temperatures below the Curie point. The (440) peak was split into four components as the crystal itself divided into four domains. When the crystal was subjected to electric fields of sufficient strength and duration, these peaks would change in relative intensity, thus displaying the rearrangement of the domain structure as the crystal changed its level of polarization. Even at temperatures 15–20K below the Curie point, the polarized crystal was observed to relax back to an almost completely unpolarized state upon removal of the applied electric field. This indicates that the true coercive field for the crystal at this temperature was much smaller than values previously reported [l]. Low frequency dielectric constant studies using a capacitance bridge have since been conducted, which confirm and expand on these results.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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