FERROELECTRICITY IN THE REBA2CU3O7-DELTA SUPERCONDUCTORS

被引:56
作者
KURTZ, SK [1 ]
CROSS, LE [1 ]
SETTER, N [1 ]
KNIGHT, D [1 ]
BHALLA, A [1 ]
CAO, WW [1 ]
LAWLESS, WN [1 ]
机构
[1] CERAM PHYS INC,WESTERVILLE,OH 43081
关键词
BARIUM COMPOUNDS - Electric Properties - COPPER OXIDE - Electric Properties - OXIDES - RHENIUM COMPOUNDS - Electric Properties - SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS - Electric Properties;
D O I
10.1016/0167-577X(88)90114-0
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
In this letter, the authors report a number of indirect pieces of evidence which suggest that at a low temperature, which is still above the superconducting transition temperature T//s//c, the material undergoes a diffuse phase change to a relaxor-type ferroelectric state. Such a transition has already been suggested by J. F. Scott based upon temperature dependence of the Raman scattering. In particular the appearance of a peak at 646 cm** minus **1 at temperatures below 240 K in the yttrium compound (Re equals Y) has been taken as indicating a transition from a non-polar mmm crystal symmetry to a polar mm2 symmetry. A hypothetical discussion of a possible relation between high-temperature superconductivity and 'quasi-ferroelectricity' has also been given by Zhongjin Yang and co-workers.
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页码:317 / 320
页数:4
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