Direction of polarization P and the dipole interaction in the ferroelectric phase of SrTi18O3

Author: Shigenari T.   Nakano T.   Abe K.  

Publisher: Edp Sciences

E-ISSN: 1286-4854|94|5|57001-57001

ISSN: 0295-5075

Source: EPL (EUROPHYSICS LETTERS), Vol.94, Iss.5, 2011-05, pp. : 57001-57001

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Abstract

The structure of isotope-substituted SrTi18O3 (STO18) below Tc=24 K has not been made fully understood yet. We have shown that it is orthorhombic C2v with polarization ${\vec{P}} $ parallel to [110]c, but other groups reported other structures such as ${\vec{P}}\Vert [111]_c $ and ${\vec{P}}\Vert [100]_c $. In this paper, it is shown that the dipole interaction between the rhombohedral polar clusters which has been revealed by NMR (Blinc R. et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., 94 (2005) 147601) is the very probable reason for the formation of ${\vec{P}}\Vert [110]_{c} $. The dipole interaction model is consistent with various peculiarities observed in the Raman spectra (Shigenari T. et al., Phys. Rev. B, 74 (2006) 174121) such as the inhomogeneity, the imperfect softening and the appearance of the relaxational mode near Tc.