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Andris Krumins

PLZT laser beam modulator

Abstract Laser beam modulator on transparent electrooptic PLZT ceramics are developed for the use in teaching process in schools and universities. Characteristics of the modulator and its electronic control unit are given.

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The domain structure in PLZT (6-8)/65/35 and spontaneous ferroelectric-relaxor phase transition

Abstract In order to test the hypothesis proposed in Reference 10 about a spontaneous relaxor-ferroelectric phase transition in PLZT (6-7)/65/35 the hysteresis loops and domain structure measurements were carried out. The results confirm this hypothesis. The appearance of the ferroelectric long range order in PLZT with decreasing concentration of La ions is explained by a larger coupling between the feroelectrically active BO6 octahedrons due to smaller concentration of defects and higher dielectric constant.

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<title>Irradiation effects in lead zirconate thin films</title>

Lead zirconate PbZrO3 (PZ) and PbZr0.53Ti0.47O3 (PZT) sol-gel films with a thickness of up to 1.5 μm were deposited on TiO2/Pt/TiO2/SiO2/Si substrates by spin coating technique and heterostructures of the same composition as well as on Pb0.92La0.08 (Zr0.65Ti0.35)O3 (PLZT-8) (with a thickness of 0.4 μm) were pulse laser deposited (PLD) on Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si. Observation of a typical antiferroelectric (AFE) double hysteresis loop in obtained PZ heterostructures at room temperature was attributed to the superior dielectric strength in case of thin film materials. The thermal behavior of dielectric permittivity e of PZ film reveals a maximum near 225°C on heating and 219°C on cooling. The higher res…

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Some New Ceramics and Thin Films of Pb(B 3+ ,Nb)TiO 3 -PbTiO 3 System

The structure, dielectric, and electromechanical properties of (1-x)Pb(B 3+ ,Nb)TiO 3 -xPbTiO 3 binary systems (B=Lu,Er,To,Ho) are reported. High values of the electromechanical coupling coefficien...

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The structure of PLZT ceramics and holographic recording

Abstract The influence of the specific structure of transparent PLZT X/65/35 [Pb1-xLax (Zr.65Ti.35)1-x/4O3] ceramics with x = 8.5% and IO% on photorefraction and peculiarities of holographic recording have been studied.

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