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Respuesta óptica del óxido relacionado con la perovskita de dieléctrico alto y constante
C C Homes1, T Vogt, S M Shapiro
1Department of Physics, Building 510B, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973-5000, USA. homes@bnl.gov
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|July 28, 2001
Resumen
La conductividad óptica revela CaCu3Ti4O12
Área de la Ciencia:
- Física de la materia condensada Física de la materia condensada Física de la materia condensada Física de la materia condensada Física de la materia condensada
- Ciencia de los materiales ciencia de los materiales.
Sus antecedentes:
- CaCu3Ti4O12 exhibe un efecto dieléctrico gigante.
- Comprender la física subyacente es crucial para las aplicaciones.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar la física detrás del efecto dieléctrico gigante en CaCu3Ti4O12.
- Correlacione la conductividad óptica con las propiedades dieléctricas.
Principales métodos:
- Mediciones de conductividad óptica.
- Análisis de la constante dieléctrica en un amplio rango de frecuencias (de terahercios a kilohercios).
Principales resultados:
- Se observó una vibración anómala de baja frecuencia que indica redistribución de carga.
- La constante dieléctrica varía significativamente con la frecuencia (80 en THz frente a 10^5 en kHz).
- Los tiempos de relajación de dipolo rápido a temperatura ambiente aumentan dramáticamente a bajas temperaturas.
Conclusiones:
- El efecto dieléctrico gigante está relacionado con la relajación dipolo y la ralentización dinámica.
- El comportamiento relaxor-como en los dominios de tamaño nanométrico probablemente contribuye al fenómeno.
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