Vogel-Fulcher Scaling of the Susceptibility in a Mixed-Crystal Proton Glass

Eric Courtens
Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 69 – Published 2 January 1984
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Abstract

Low-temperature dispersion of the electric susceptibilities in a mixed crystal of Rb1x(NH4)xH2PO4 (x=0.35) is reported. The frustrated proton ordering of this system relates it to spin-glasses. The measurements reveal a broad distribution of relaxation times. The data scale using a temperature-independent distribution of activation energies linked to the relaxation times by a Vogel-Fulcher law with a freezing temperature of 10 K.

  • Received 30 September 1983

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.52.69

©1984 American Physical Society

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Eric Courtens

  • IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, 8803 Rüschlikon, Switzerland

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Vol. 52, Iss. 1 — 2 January 1984

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