Evidence for low temperature phase transition in Rb2ZnCl4 from dielectric constant and birefringence measurements |
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Authors: | P Günter R Sanctuary F Rohner H Arend W Seidenbusch |
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Institution: | Laboratory of Solid State Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH - Hönggerberg, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | Temperature dependences of the dielectric constants ?i and of the birefringences Δni for light propagation directions along all the three crystallographic axes (i = a, b, c) have been measured between 5 and 350 K. The optical measurements clearly reveal a new phase transition at TL = 75 K, below which the crystal structure is transformed from the ferroelectric Pna21 phase into an unknown low temperature phase, possibly the monoclinic space group P1121. Small peaks in the dielectric constants ?a and ?b have been observed at this transition temperature. |
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