Metastable phenomena in lutetium nitrate crystal Original Research Article

The ac conductivities along the c-axis of the lutetium nitrate crystal were measured successively in the frequency range from 0.5 to 105 Hz at temperatures from 290 to 210 K. The metastable behaviors of the conductivity were found in the temperature region above 200 K. The fluctuation was given by the successive measurements of the time series of the ac conductivities and represented by non-Gaussian probability distribution function. The effect of the metastable singularity on Raman scattering spectra was observed in the metastable temperature region.