Effect of quantum fluctuations on structural phase transitions in SrTiO
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Using path-integral Monte Carlo simulations and an ab initio effective Hamiltonian, we study the effects of quantum fluctuations on structural phase transitions in the cubic perovskite compounds SrTiO3 and BaTiO3 . We find quantum fluctuations affect ferroelectric ~FE! transitions more strongly than antiferrodistortive ~AFD! ones, even though the effective mass of a single FE local mode is larger. For SrTiO3 we find that the quantum fluctuations suppress the FE transition completely, and reduce the AFD transition temperature from 130 to 110 K. For BaTiO3 , quantum fluctuations do not affect the order of the transition, but do reduce the transition temperature by 35–50 K. The implications of the calculations are discussed.
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Effect of quantum fluctuations on structural phase transitions in SrTiO3 and BaTiO3.
Using path-integral Monte Carol simulations and an ab initio effective Hamil-tonian, we study the effects of quantum fluctuations on structural phase transitions in the cubic perovskite compounds SrTiO 3 and BaTiO 3. We find quantum fluctuations affect ferroelectric (FE) transitions more strongly than antiferrodistortive (AFD) ones, even though the effective mass of a single FE local mode is la...
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