Small Polarons in Conducting Barium Titanate Crystals

✍ Scribed by E. V. Bursian; Ya. G. Girshberg; E. N. Starov

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1971
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 236 KB
• Volume: 46
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0370-1972
• DOI: 10.1002/pssb.2220460209

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The light absorption and concentration dependence of the thermopower in BaTiO~3~ conducting single crystals were investigated. The absorption peak at Λ = 2 μm is interpreted as due to small polaron absorption. A quantitative comparison is made between theory and experiment.