Title :
Growth of Silver Lithium Niobate Single Crystals and Their Piezoelectric Properties
Author :
Wada, Satoshi ; Saito, Akiko ; Hoshina, Takuya ; Kakemoto, Hirofumi ; Tsurumi, Takaaki ; Moriyoshi, Cikako ; Kuroiwa, Yoshihiro
Author_Institution :
Department of Metallurgy & Ceramics Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan. Fax: 81-3-5734-2520, e-mail: swada@ceram.titech.ac.jp
Abstract :
Silver lithium niobate (Ag0.9Li0.1Nb0.3, ALN10) single crystals were grown by a slow cooling method without flux under oxygen flow. By optimizing growth conditions, the ALN10 crystals with sizes of ca. 30 mm cube were successfully grown. Its crystal symmetry was investigated by high energy X-ray diffraction, and the space group at 24°C was assigned to the ferroelectric Pc21b orthorhombic symmetry. The ALN10 crystals were oriented along the [010]o and the [110]o directions, and their piezoelectric properties were measured using the 31 resonators.
Keywords :
Ceramics; Cooling; Crystallography; Crystals; Environmentally friendly manufacturing techniques; Ferroelectric materials; Lithium niobate; Niobium compounds; Silver; Temperature; crystal growth; piezoelectric property; silver lithium niobate; single crystal; space group;
Conference_Titel :
Applications of ferroelectrics, 2006. isaf '06. 15th ieee international symposium on the
Conference_Location :
Sunset Beach, NC, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1331-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1099-4734
DOI :
10.1109/ISAF.2006.4349277
