New results about aging in an orientational glass

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1997 EDP Sciences
, , Citation F. Alberici et al 1997 EPL 39 329 DOI 10.1209/epl/i1997-00356-y

0295-5075/39/3/329

Abstract

Dielectric constant measurements of a K0.989Li0.011TaO3 crystal are performed in the orientational glass low-temperature phase. Aging and ergodicity breaking are studied through isothermal decays and temperature cycles. New results are obtained on the response of the sample to temperature jumps: three processes, with very different time scales, are put in evidence. This allows to propose a new interpretation of previous experiments and, in particular, to present a new solution of the paradox observed for the negative temperature cycles.

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10.1209/epl/i1997-00356-y