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Loss Mechanisms in Piezoelectrics

Extrinsic and Intrinsic Losses

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Losses in piezoelectrics are considered in general to have three different mechanisms; dielectric, mechanical and piezoelectric losses. This paper deals with the phenomenology of losses, first, then how to measure these losses separately in experiments.

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  1. International Center for Actuators and Transducers, Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa, 16802, USA

    K. Uchino, J. Zheng, Y. H. Chen & X. Du

  2. Faculty of Engineering, Yamagata University, Yonezawa, 992, Japan

    S. Hirose

  3. Research and Development Group, NEC Corporation, 4-1-1 Miyazaki, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki, 216, Japan

    S. Takahashi

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Uchino, K., Zheng, J., Chen, Y.H. et al. Loss Mechanisms in Piezoelectrics. MRS Online Proceedings Library 604, 25–31 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-604-25

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