Electrical conductivity measurement on DKDP Crystals with different deuterated degrees

Baoan Liu, Xin Yin, Minglei Zhao, Qinghua Zhang, Mingxia Xu, Shaohua Ji, Lili Zhu, Lisong Zhang, Xun Sun, Xinguang Xu

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Abstract

Ten DKDP single crystals with deuterated degrees ranging from 0 to 90 % were grown by a rapid growth method. The electrical conductivities of these crystals were measured along a and c directions at room temperature. The electrical conductivity increases with the increase for deuterium content. Also, the electrical conductivities of certain crystals were measured at various temperatures ranging from 20 to 130 °C. The values of activation energy decrease as the increase of deuterium content. The present study indicates that the deuterium tunneling frequency is smaller than that of hydrogen, which may be the reason why the variation of electrical conductivity happens after the substitution of hydrogen for deuterium in KDP crystal.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)159-162
Number of pages4
JournalApplied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing
Volume109
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2012
Externally publishedYes

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