A temperature oscillation instrument to determine pyroelectric properties of materials at low frequencies: Towards elimination of lock-in methods

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A filtered convolution method for the computation of acoustic wave fields in very large spatiotemporal domains J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 125, 1868 (2009) Pyroelectric properties of materials can be accurately determined by applying a new digital signal processing method on the discrete sampled data obtained with a temperature oscillation technique. The pyroelectric coefficient is calculated from the component of the generated current 90 • out of phase with respect to the sinusoidal temperature wave. The novelty of the proposed approach lies in the signal analysis procedure which implements a simple Fast Fourier transform that filters residual noise through convolution, and calculates the phase difference between the peaks of the temperature and current waves. The new idea requires relatively simple hardware and enables very accurate measurement of the pyroelectric coefficient of materials at ultra low frequencies, 1-250 mHz, without using costly lock-in amplifiers. C 2015 AIP Publishing LLC. [http://dx

Harnessing Plasticity in an Amine‐Borane as a Piezoelectric and Pyroelectric Flexible Film

“…where p is the pyroelectric coefficient normal to the electrodes (C −1 m −2 K −1 ), A is material area (m 2 ) and d T /d t is the rate of temperature change (K s −1 ). This method is based on the fact that the pyroelectric current is directly proportional to d T /d t , while the thermally stimulated non‐pyroelectric current is either constant or proportional to the temperature …”

“…This method is based on the fact that the pyroelectric current is directly proportional to dT/dt, while the thermally stimulated non-pyroelectric current is either constant or proportional to the temperature. [11] Figure 1. Design principle: to retain molecular shape yet incorporate an effective dipole.…”