PYROELECTRIC MICROCALORIMETRY

Authors
PFAFMAN TE LEGROS M SILVER E BEEMAN J MADDEN N GOULDING F LANDIS D
Citation
Te. Pfafman et al., PYROELECTRIC MICROCALORIMETRY, Journal of low temperature physics, 93(3-4), 1993, pp. 721-726
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Journal of low temperature physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222291
Volume
93
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
721 - 726
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2291(1993)93:3-4<721:PM>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We have been measuring the bulk electrical and thermal properties of t he quantum ferroelectric KTa0.992Nb0.008O3 (KTN) in the interest of ma king a thermal sensor for a pyroelectric microcatorimeter. The pyroele ctric coefficient and specific heat of KTN as a function of temperatur e and electric field are given. The measurements indicate that a thin film detector with the same pyroelectric coefficient as that found in our sample would in principle be able to operate in a phonon noise lim ited regime over a wide bandwidth.