Green's Function Approach to Crossover Properties for Interaction Parameters of an N-Layer Ferroelectric Thin Film

Abstract:

Utilizing the higher order decoupling approximation to the Fermi-type Green’s function, crossover properties of interaction parameters of an n-layer ferroelectric thin film from the ferroelectric-dominant phase diagram (FPD) to the paraelectric-dominant phase diagram (PPD) are investigated on the basis of the transverse Ising model. The curved surfaces for crossover values of interaction parameters of a thin film with certain layers are constructed in the three-dimensional parameter space. Because both the z-component (the polarization) and the transverse component of the spin are further included in the eigenfrequency, the results are in agreement with that of the effective-field theory with correlations to some extent. It shows that the higher order decoupling approximation diminishes the ferroelectric feature of a ferroelectric thin film compared with the usual mean-field approximation.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 152-153)
• Pages: 116-120
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.152-153.116
• Online since: October 2010
• Authors: Zhao Xin Lu, Bao Hua Teng, Xin Yang
• Keywords: Ferroelectric, Phase Diagram, Thin Film

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