Ferroelectric Phase Transitions and Properties of Crystals of the KTiOPO4 Family

Abstract

Crystals of KTiOPO4, RbTiOPO4, and TlTiOPO4 are grown, studied, and found to be ferroelectrics with Curie points of 934, 789, and 581 °C, respectively. The phase transitions are of displacive type and nearly of second order. These crystals have also a high ionic conductivity and can exhibit a strong low-frequency dielectric relaxation. [Russian Text Ignored].