temperature trends of the permittivity in complex oxides of rare-earth elements with perovskite-type structure

Ceramic materials based on complex oxides with both the perovskite structure (Ln_2/3Nb₂O₆) and the structure of tetragonal tungsten bronze (Ba_6-xLn_8+2x/3Ti₁₈O₅₄) have been investigated over a wide frequency and temperature ranges. The results obtained for certain structures denote the presence of the temperature anomalies of dielectric parameters (ε, tanδ). These anomalies occur over the wide frequency range including submilimeter (SMM) wavelength range, and are related neither with the processing peculiarities nor with the presence of the phase transitions. Temperature behavior of the permittivity has been considered in terms of the polarization mechanism based on the elastic-strain lattice oscillations. It has been assumed that the observed anomalies could be ascribed to a superposition of harmonic and anharmonic contribution to lattice oscillations that determines τ_ε sign and magnitude.