Observation of a low-temperature acoustic anomaly in lanthanum lead zirconate titanate
Author(s) -
Ghulam Shabbir,
JaeHyeon Ko,
Seiji Kojima
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
applied physics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182
H-Index - 442
eISSN - 1077-3118
pISSN - 0003-6951
DOI - 10.1063/1.1847710
Subject(s) - materials science , lead zirconate titanate , ferroelectricity , lead titanate , titanate , anomaly (physics) , lanthanum , condensed matter physics , dipole , ceramic , piezoelectricity , brillouin zone , mineralogy , dielectric , composite material , optoelectronics , inorganic chemistry , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry
High-resolution Brillouin scattering experiments have been performed to investigate the low temperature "aging" effect in lanthanum lead zirconate titanate (PLZT) relaxor ferroelectric ceramics. From the temperature dependence of the frequency shift of longitudinal acoustic mode, an acoustic anomaly was observed at T0~46 K in these ceramics with clear "aging" effect below T0. The results have been discussed in the light of stepwise freezing of the related degrees of freedom causing transition from proper to improper dipole glassy states at T0
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