  The dielectric properties of CaCu3Ti4O12, a material showing colossal values
of the dielectric constant, were investigated in a broad temperature and
frequency range extending up to 1.3 GHz. A detailed equivalent circuit analysis
of the results and two crucial experiments, employing different types of
contacts and varying sample thickness, provide clear evidence that the
apparently high values of the dielectric constant in CaCu3Ti4O12 are
non-intrinsic and due to electrode polarization effects. The intrinsic
properties of CaCu3Ti4O12 are characterized by charge transport via hopping of
localized charge carriers and a relatively high dielectric constant of the
order of 100.
