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The influence of domains on tetrahedrally coordinated Cr(5+) in ferroelectric BaTiO(3): an electron paramagnetic
R Böttcher1, H T Langhammer, T Müller
1Fakultät für Physik und Geowissenschaften, Universität Leipzig, Linnéstraße 5, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Abstract:
Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra of quasi-tetrahedrally coordinated Cr(5+) ions (named Cr(II)(5+) in contrast to the octahedrally coordinated Cr(I)(5+)) in powdered ceramic samples of BaTiO(3) were investigated in the temperature range 50-220 K at 9.4 and 34.0 GHz (X and Q band). At 50 K, in the ferroelectric low-temperature phase with rhombohedral symmetry, two peaks in the powder spectrum of the 1/2-spin Cr(II)(5+) centre show a frequency-dependent doublet splitting which is explained assuming the existence of two Cr(II)(5+) centres with slightly different g tensors. The spontaneous polarization in the ferroelectric domains induces changes in the peak positions in the spectra and generates alignment effects of the off-centred Cr(5+) ions. These effects are caused by the linear coupling of the electric dipole moment, associated with the off-centred Cr(5+) ion within the octahedron of surrounding O(2-) ions, and the polarization field. At 75 K a dynamic reorientation of the defect ions among the possible positions in the unit cell broadens the powder peaks. Above 150 K only an isotropic single-line spectrum is observed, the line width of which increases with rising temperature.
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