Geometric phase for electric polarization along 'rational' directions in crystals

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 258, Issue 4-6, 1999, Pages 406-412

  Sipe, J E ^a   Zak, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Electric polarization; Ferroelectric crystals; Geometric phase

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRICITY; GEOMETRY; POLARIZATION;

ELECTRIC POLARIZATION; FERROELECTRIC CRYSTAL; GEOMETRIC PHASE; SYMMETRY CONDITIONS;

CRYSTALS;

EID: 0347245463     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-9601(99)00308-4     Document Type: Article

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