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Ferroelectricity
Effect of an iron impurity on the electrical conductivity of LiNbO$_{3}$ crystals
A. V. Yatsenko, S. V. Yevdokimov V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Simferopol
Abstract:
The electrical conductivity of a series of LiNbO$_{3}$ crystals grown from the charge of the congruent composition with relatively low iron concentration (up to 0.15 wt % Fe$_{2}$O$_{3}$) has been studied experimentally. It is found that, at temperatures close to 300 K, the main contribution to the electrical conductivity of these crystals is from two types of the centers with close activation energies. The first type of centers are Fe$^{2+}$ ions, which determines the impurity electron conductivity with the activation energy (0.34 $\pm$ 0.01) eV. The second type of centers are Nb$^{4+}_{\operatorname{Li}}$ polarons of small radius with the activation energy (0.29 $\pm$ 0.02) eV. The polaron conductivity is shown to be dominate for nominally impurity-free and low-doped “as-grown” LiNbO$_{3}$ crystals at $T$ = 300 K.
Keywords:
ithium niobate, LiNbO$_{3}$, photorefractive effect, electric conductivity, polarons, impurities.
Received: 19.11.2019 Revised: 19.11.2019 Accepted: 19.11.2019
Citation:
A. V. Yatsenko, S. V. Yevdokimov, “Effect of an iron impurity on the electrical conductivity of LiNbO$_{3}$ crystals”, Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 62:3 (2020), 427–433; Phys. Solid State, 62:3 (2020), 485–491
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