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Phys. Rev. Lett. 42, 1000–1003 (1979)

Dependence of the Dynamic Central Peak on Deuterium Content in Paraelectric KH2PO4

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R. Blinc and J. Slak
J. Stefan Institute, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

F. C. Sa Barreto and A. S. T. Pires
Departamento de Fisica, Instituto de Ciencias Exatas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Received 20 October 1978; published in the issue dated 9 April 1979

Measurements of the temperature and frequency dependence of the proton and deuteron spin-lattice relaxation time T1 show the presence of a dynamic central peak in paraelectric KH2PO4 which exhibits a dramatic narrowing on deuteration. The observed centralpeak narrowing on deuteration qualitatively agrees with a continued-fraction calculation demonstrating that small dynamic intrinsic clusters may occur in KH2PO4-type crystals above Tc in addition to large static defect-induced clusters observed in light-scattering experiments.

© 1979 The American Physical Society

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