The double loop hysteresis in DC dependent dielectric permittivity of SrTiO3

• Experimental double loop hysteresis in dc field dependent dielectric permittivity in bulk single crystal SrTiO3 is reported. Small signal measurements of the permittivity are performed in the frequency range 0.5-1.5 GHz at temperatures below 77 K using electrically thin circular parallel-plate resonators. The dielectric permittivity is extracted form the measured resonant frequency. The double loop hysteresis may be caused by field induced local paraelectric/ferroelectric phase transitions, and/or switching (polarization reversal) in local opposing ferroelectric domains associated with symmetry breaking impurities/structural defects.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Den kondenserade materiens fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Condensed Matter Physics (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Ferroelectric Switching

Permittivity

Dielectric Hysteresis

Ferroelectric Transitions

Ferroelectric Materials

Electric Domains

Strontium Compounds

Dielectric Resonance

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