Electric field dependent microwave loss in BaTiO₃ and KTaO₃

Abstract

The electric field dependent microwave loss of anharmonic pure BaTiO₃ and KTaO₃ ferroelectric crystals has been calculated in its paraelectric phase from the Silverman-Joseph Hamiltonian augmented with fourth order phonon coo

rdinates using double time Green's functions. The loss tangent consists of a contribution, which is quardratic in applied biasing and is a field independent contribution. The variation of tan δ with applied field is noticeable in the vicinity of Curie temperature. In the higher temperature region, the electric field effect ceases and the increase in loss arises mainly due to higher order anharmonic terms. In both cases (BaTiO₃ and KTaO₃) loss tangent increases with the increasing electric field.