SPONTANEOUS AND FIELD-ASSISTED TRANSITION IN K0.984LI0.016TAO3 - THE POLAR PATTERN BY BIREFRINGENCE AND 2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION

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BANFI, GP [1 ]
CALVI, P [1 ]
GIULOTTO, E [1 ]
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[1] UNIV PAVIA,DEPT ELETTRON,I-27100 PAVIA,ITALY
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1995年 / 51卷 / 10期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.51.6231
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We report birefringence and second-harmonic-generation measurements in K0.984Li0.016TaO3 at temperatures between 55 and 10 K. On cooling, the local spontaneous polarization grows from 1 to 30 mC/m2. We find, however, that its correlation length obtains the value of 8 nm at 55 K and remains unchanged on further cooling. It appears that a "frozen" polar length scale arises from the interaction of the Li dipoles well above the usually defined transition temperature (36 K). © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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