EXACT EXPRESSIONS FOR DIELECTRIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES IN THE PARAELECTRIC PHASE OF FERROELECTRIC SUPERLATTICES BASED ON THE GINZBURG-LANDAU THEORY

ABSTRACT

Exact expressions for the polarization profiles induced by an external electric field and the dielectric susceptibilities in the paraelectric phase were obtained for a one-dimensional ferroelectric superlattice on the basis of the Ginzburg-Landau theory. The superlattice is composed of a ferroelectric of thickness L ₁ and a paraelectric of thickness L ₂, which couple each other through the polarization at their interfaces. Our analytical results revealed that the profile of polarizations induced by the electric field in the paraelectric phase may be considered to approximately represent the soft mode.

Keywords:

• dielectric susceptibility
• ferroelectrics
• superlattice
• phase transition
• Ginzburg-Landau theory

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

This work was supported in part by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (No. 19340084) and for Exploratory Research (No. 18654052) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for MI. KHChew acknowledges the Postdoctoral Fellowships Scheme of the Hong Kong Polytechinic University.