Niobate

... has been developed. Real-time diagnostic tools to monitor the creation of fine (submicron size) domain patterns in ferroelectrics such as lithium niobate and tantalate are being developed to advance fundamental understanding of the static and dynamic interaction between atomic size defects and ...

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... new growth techniques to dither infrared focal plane arrays for extremely high resolution. FY04 – This effort develop defect-free lead magnesium niobate-lead titanate (PMN-PT) piezoelectric crystal material for significant (2-10) cost and performance improvement in Navy sonar and hydrophones, ...

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