A ferroelectric cathode is employed for the first time as the electron-beam source in a microwave amplifier tube. A PLZT 12/65/35 ferroelectric ceramic with a high dielectric constant ( 4000) is used in a form of a hollow cathode. The tube is operated in poor vacuum conditions (2 10 Torr) at room temperature, in a mechanism of a cyclotron-resonance maser amplifier. The device operates near the ...

The temperature dependence of the dielectric nonlinearities in a PMN single crystal and in 9/65/35 PLZT ceramics has been determined by measuring the first and third harmonic response as well as the dielectric behavior as a function of the dc electric field. In zero field a paraelectric-to-glass, and, in a high enough dc field, a glass-to-ferroelectriclike crossover in the temperature dependenc...

Lanthanum substituted lead zirconate-titanate (PLZT) ceramics of composition 11.1/55/45 have been studied by measuring high electric field properties. Dc bias, dielectric and P-E hysteresis loop measurements have been employed to construct an E (electric field) versus T (temperature) phase diagram. At lower temperatures and small electric fields an antiferroelectric phase with tetragonal symmet...

In this paper, a novel photovoltaic-electrostatic hybrid actuator with slant lower electrode based on the PLZT ceramic is proposed. The mathematical model of established. Then, and parameters identified, simulation closed-loop displacement control for carried out. results show that can be controlled successfully at particular value within pull-in by light source. Furthermore, response speed out...