Birefringent and Dielectric Properties of [N(C_{2}H_{5})_{4}]_{2}ZnBr_{4} and [N(C_{2}H_{5})_{4}]_{2}CdBr_{4} Crystals

• Authors: S. Sveleba , V. Mokryi , I. Polovinko , V. Kapustyanik , Z. Trybuła , P. Petrenko , G. Kiosse , V. Kravtsov
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Dielectric and birefringent properties of [N(C_{2}H_{5})_{4}]_{2}ZnBr_{4} and [N(C_{2}H_{5})_{4}]_{2}CdBr_{4} crystals were investigated. It has been ascertained that two phase transitions manifest themselves in the temperature dependencies є(T) for [N(C_{2}H_{5})_{4}]_{2}CdBr_{4} crystal - a second-order transition at T_{1} = 311 K and a first-order one - at T_{2} = 39 K (∆T_{2} = 11 K). Besides two earlier known phase transitions in [N(C_{2}H_{5})_{4}]_{2}ZnBr_{4} at T_{1} = 350 K and T^{cool}_{2} = 282.8 K (∆T_{2} ≈ 2.3 K), the additional one was found at T*_{2} = 287.0 K, both on the cooling and heating runs. On the basis of the data about the peculiarities of dielectric and optical properties in the vicinity of T_{2} one can made the conclusion about the ferroelectric character of the phase, situated between T*_{2} and T^{cool}_{2}.

Keywords

EN

77.22.Ch   77.22.-d   78.20.Fm   64.70.-p  

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 1993
• Volume: 83
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 777-784

Dates

published

1993-06

received

1992-04-15

(unknown)

1993-03-16

Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.83.777