SOFT-MODE BEHAVIOR AND THE DIPOLAR GLASS-TRANSITION IN KTA1-XNBXO3

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CHOU, H
SHAPIRO, SM
LYONS, KB
KJEMS, J
RYTZ, D
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[1] AT&T BELL LABS, MURRAY HILL, NJ 07974 USA
[2] RISO NATL LAB, DK-4000 ROSKILDE, DENMARK
[3] HUGHES RES LABS, MALIBU, CA 90265 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevB.41.7231
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An inelastic neutron scattering study of KTa1-xNbxO3 (x=0.012) (KTN) shows that there is a marked softening of the zone-center optic mode with decreasing temperature. This mode reaches a nonzero minimum energy of 0.9 meV at T=20 K and renormalizes to higher energies as the temperature is further lowered, in agreement with light-scattering results on the same sample. In addition, x-ray diffraction does not reveal any structural phase transition in this temperature range. A recent light-scattering study on a x=0.009 sample suggests that KTN has a dipolar glass phase with a transition temperature of 3 K. The present observation of incomplete softening is similar to the soft-mode behavior characteristic of other mixed systems and provides further evidence of the dipolar glass properties of KTN. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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