Dielectric properties of glasses at ultra low temperatures

A temperature dependence in the dielectric constant of vitreous silica has been measured down to a few hundred microkelvin at frequencies between 110Hz and 10kHz. Homosil glass shows a logarithmic increase below 10 mK down to the lowest temperature of 0.61 mK. On the other hand, Suprasil glass exibits a saturation behavior following a logarithmic increase above 3 mK. These phenomena are discussed on the basis of the two level system.