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AUTHOR
José Leonardo Ribeiro
Mean field behaviour of Sr1−xCaxTiO3
A systematic analysis of the dielectric constant as a function of temperature in SrTiO 3 : Ca crystals with Ca content of 0.0020, 0.0032, 0.0055. 0.0058, and 0.0110 shows that the Barrett parameters are clearly modified by the Ca content. We have found for each Ca concentration the temperature below which the contribution of the Ca induced clusters becomes sizeable. The values obtained for the fitted parameters in the Barrett formula allow us to trace a boundary between the low-temperature quantum paraelectric and ferroelectric regimes.
Non-linear dielectric behaviour and glass phase in Sr1-xCaxTiO3(x= 0.002 andx= 0.003)
This work reports a study of the temperature and electric field dependence of the dielectric constant of strontium calcium titanate. The first part of the paper is focused on the analysis of a mean-field model for the polar clusters generated by the random impurities of calcium. It is shown that the dipolar moments within each cluster can be represented by an equivalent quantum two-level system. General expressions for the temperature and field dependence of the Edward-Anderson order parameter and of the electrical polarization are given. Analytical solutions are also obtained in the limit of high temperatures and in the limit of high tunnelling frequencies. The second part of the work repo…