Optical and electric investigations of the phase transitions in pyrochlore cd2nb2o7

  • Z. G. Ye
  • , J. P. Rivera
  • , H. Schmid
  • , N. N. Kolpakova

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Abstract

Ferroelastic/ferroelectric phase transitions in Cd2Nb2O7 crystals have been analyzed by means of polarized light microscopy associated with electric characterization. The symmetry of the ferroelectric phase below T2=194 K is found to be orthorhombic mm2(pp) with the spontaneous polarization PS parallel to [001]cub. By application of an electric field <100> cub the mm2(pp) phase remains stable in the whole temperature range of the ferroic phases below =204 K, whereas a field < 110>cub can induce a mm2(ss) phase below T1.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)275-280
Number of pages6
JournalFerroelectrics
Volume124
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 1991
Externally publishedYes

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