Anharmonicity of BaTiO_3 single crystals

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2006-03-27

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0603688v1

Phys. Rev. B 73 (2006) 132103 (4 pages)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

4 figures, to be published in Phys. Rev. B

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.73.132103

By analyzing the dielectric non-linearity with the Landau thermodynamic expansion, we find a simple and direct way to assess the importance of the eighth order term. Following this approach, it is demonstrated that the eighth order term is essential for the adequate description of the para/ferroelectric phase transition of BaTiO_3. The temperature dependence of the quartic coefficient \beta is accordingly reconsidered and is strongly evidenced by the change of its sign above 165 C. All these findings attest to the strong polarization anharmonicity of this material, which is unexpected for classical displacive ferroelectrics.

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