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The processes of polarization evolution in single crystals of the PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3 model ferroelectric relaxor in a sinusoidal electric field are investigated at temperatures near and above the temperature T d 0 of destruction of the induced ferroelectric state upon heating in zero electric field. The polarization switching current loops are measured in the ac electric field applied along the 〈111〉 and 〈110〉 pseudocubic directions. The electroluminescence intensity loops are obtained under the combined action of ac and dc electric fields applied along the 〈100〉 direction. In a certain temperature range above T d 0 and the freezing temperature T f in lead magnesium niobate, there are electric current anomalies, that correspond to the dynamic formation and subsequent destruction of the ferroelectric macroregions throughout each half-cycle of the ac electric field. The measurements of electroluminescence hysteresis loops demonstrate that the observed depolarization delay (related to the ac electric field amplitude) increases with an increase in the dc electric field and decreases as the ac field amplitude increases. The nature of the observed phenomena is discussed.
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Translated from Fizika Tverdogo Tela, Vol. 42, No. 5, 2000, pp. 917–921.
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2000 by Kra\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l}\)nik, Kamzina, Flerova.
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Krainik, N.N., Kamzina, L.S. & Flerova, S.A. Hysteresis phenomena in the course of polarization evolution in a sinusoidal electric field in lead magnesium niobate crystals. Phys. Solid State 42, 944–949 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1131316
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