Investigation of Field-Induced Piezoelectric Properties in Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 Ceramics for Transducer Applications

Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 based ceramics were produced by conventional sintering method and their electric-field induced electromechanical properties were determined. Large fieldinduced electromechanical coupling factors, with high piezoelectric anisotropy, were obtained in this relaxor material at relatively low DC electric bias field. A circular ultrasonic transducer with non uniform radial induced polarization was constructed using this material for field diffraction control.