Physics of the Solid State
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Influence of the Degree of Phase Transition Diffuseness on the Depolarization Temperature in Relaxors of Different Types
Kamzina L.S.1
1Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia
Email: ASKam@mail.ioffe.ru

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The relationship between the temperatures of depolarization (Td) and morphotropic phase transition (TF-R) in crystalline relaxor solid solutions of various types, such as PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3-29PbTiO3 (PMN-29PT), PbZn1/3Nb2/3O3-9PbTiO3 (PZN-9PT) and NaBi1/2Ti1/2O3-xBaTiO3 (x=5,7.5%) (NBT-xBT) has been studied. For this purpose, dielectric measurements of polarized samples were carried out, and the process of induction of the ferroelectric phase in an electric field applied below the TF-R temperature was also studied. It was found that the structure of the low-temperature phases in these compounds is different, which leads to significant differences not only in the induction of the ferroelectric phase, but also to different relative positions of the temperatures Td and TF-R. In PMN-29PT, the formation of ferroelectric phases is preceded by some delay time, which is one of the hallmarks of a non-ergodic glassy phase, and in this case the temperatures Td and TF-R coincide. In PZN-9PT and NBT-5BT, the ferroelectric phase is induced immediately after the field is applied without a delay time, which indicates that below the TF-R temperature, the non-ergodic glassy phase does not appear, and the temperatures Td and TF-R do not coincide in them. The results obtained are discussed from the point of view of different degrees of diffuseness of the phase transition and different sizes of the polar regions. It is suggested that the coincidence of temperatures Td and TF-R is a consequence of the non-ergodic glassy phase and the small sizes of the polar regions. Keywords: relaxors, phase transitions, degree of smearing, depolarization temperature.
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