Abstract
The domain walls of Mn-doped (Na,K)NbO3 (NKN) crystals and ceramics have been measured by spectroscopy methods. Microscopy-Raman and infrared (IR) spectroscopies were performed vertically to lamellar domain structures by line mapping. Regarding the crystals, large changes were confirmed in the vicinity of domain walls. Both the Raman shift and the peak intensity at approximately 600 cm−1, which include the symmetric stretching modes of the oxygen octahedron, were observed. Similar changes were also characterized for electrically polarized NKN ceramics. In addition, the permittivity of NKN crystals increased in the vicinity of the domain wall, which was measured by IR spectroscopy. These results were attributed to the changes in the oxygen octahedron structures due to local changes in spontaneous polarization directions in the vicinity of the domain walls.
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