Draft of my thesis in english has been written. To make the thesis more readable, at the moment the maintext is under improvement by my supervisors in Univ. Augsburg, Germany. As soon as my supervisors nod for publishing it online, i will put the fulltext here.
When you are familiar with chinese, it is strongly recommended you read the chinese version http://www.xinkexue.com/bib-ref-refid-5526.html . However, if you have problem with chinese and you cannot wait for some while, please not hesitate to tell me (my email: jlu at mail.ipc.ac.cn). i would like to send the fulltext to your mailbox, in the condition that you promise NOT propagating my thesis to any other people before my thesis is formally published.
Here are the Contents:
Aknowledgement .....1 Abstract ...3 1 Introduction..............................- 1 - 2 Background .............- 3 - 2.1 Multiferroics: development and typical types.........- 9 - 2.2 Structures and properties of BiFeO3 .........- 12 - 2.2.1 Structural features of BiFeO3 .....- 13 - 2.2.2 Physical properties of BiFeO3 .....- 18 - 2.2.3 Issues about physical properties of BiFeO3 ..- 19 - 3 Investigation of BFO crystals growth ......- 21 - 3.1 Thermodynamic properties of BFO ......- 21 - 3.2 Crystal growth of BFO......- 27 - 3.3 Selection and pretreatment of BFO crystals.......- 31 - 4 Broadband electrodynamic measurement techniques .......- 35 - 4.1 Measurement of steady properties ........- 36 - 4.1.1 Measurement of dc resistance ......- 36 - 4.1.2 Direct measurement of XE effect.......- 38 - 4.1.3 Measurement of dc magnetic moment ......- 41 - 4.2 Low-frequency measurement......- 44 - 4.2.1 Measurement of ac impedance/dielectric spectrum .....- 44 - 4.2.2 Equivalent circuit techniques for impedance/dielectric analysis ...- 48 - 4.2.3 Cautions in analysis of ac impedance/dielectric data...- 52 - 4.2.4 Ferroelectric hysteresis measurement .....- 55 - 4.2.5 Magnetic hysteresis and ac susceptibility measurement....- 59 - 4.2.6 Lock-in techniques and precision magnetoelectric measurement....- 60 - 4.2.7 “abnormal”resonances at low frequencies .....- 66 - 4.3 Microwave measurement .......- 66 - 4.3.1 Transmission line, waveguide and cavity......- 67 - 4.3.2 Coaxial broadband measurement in microwave region.....- 69 - 4.3.3 Skin effect .....- 72 - 4.3.4 magnetic and “abnormal” resonance effect in microwave range.....- 74 - 4.4 THz measurement ......- 76 - 4.5 Broadband optical measurement......- 78 - 4.6 Auxiliary measurement techniques .........- 80 - 4.6.1 Cryostat and furnace for measurement .......- 81 - 4.6.2 Measurement of specific heat....- 82 - 4.7 Summary of broadband measurement techniques......... - 83 - 5 Broadband electrodynamic properties of BFO crystals........ - 85 - 5.1 Magnetic measurement......... - 85 - 5.2 Dielectric measurement ...... - 88 - 5.2.1 Estimation of the true dielectric constant .... - 88 - 5.2.2 Analysis of conductivity ..... - 93 - 5.2.3 Low-temperature ferroelectric hysteresis measurement.... - 95 - 5.3 Specific heat capacity measurement..... - 97 - 5.4 Other results....... - 99 - 5.4.1 High-temperature dielectric measurement of BFO crystals .... - 99 - 5.4.2 Measurement results of BFO polycrystals...... - 102 - 5.5 Analysis of BFO broadband measurement results... - 105 - 6 Summary and prospect ....... - 107 - Bibliography ...... - 109 - Curriculum Vitae of the author....... - 130 - |