Field-induced successive phase transitions of Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3-x%PbTiO3 crystals

Abstract

The field-induced structural phase transitions of Pb[(Zn 1/3 Nb 2/3 ) 1−x Tix]O 3 (PZN-x%PT) with x = 0.09 and 0.045 were investigated by the high-resolution microBrillouin scattering. PZN-9%PT crystals undergo two first order phase transitions, while PZN-4.5%PT undergo a second order phase transition under the zero-field cooling. Under the field-cooling, the higher phase transition of PZN-9%PT changed into a second order phase transition and the temperature range of a tetragonal phase was widened. Whereas a lower phase transition kept the nature of a first order phase transition. On the other hand, elastic anomaly was appeared on phase transition of PZN-4.5%PT under the field cooling.