Method and apparatus for increasing bulk conductivity of a ferroelectric material

In one embodiment, a ferroelectric material is processed by placing the material in an environment including metal vapor and heating the material to a temperature below the Curie temperature of the material. This allows the bulk conductivity of the ferroelectric material to be increased without subs...

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Hauptverfasser: GALAMBOS LUDWIG L, ALEXANDROVSKI ALEXEI L, MILLER GREGORY D, LAZAR JANOS J, MCRAE JOSEPH M, CAUDILLO DAVID, MILES RONALD O, RISK GABRIEL C, FOULON GISELE L
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In one embodiment, a ferroelectric material is processed by placing the material in an environment including metal vapor and heating the material to a temperature below the Curie temperature of the material. This allows the bulk conductivity of the ferroelectric material to be increased without substantially degrading its ferroelectric domain properties. In one embodiment, the ferroelectric material comprises lithium tantalate and the metal vapor comprises zinc.