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Title: The manifestation of spin-phonon coupling in CaMnO{sub 3}

Journal Article · · Journal of Applied Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4918659· OSTI ID:22402926
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  1. Institute of Physics, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 2, 182 21 Prague (Czech Republic)
  2. International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044 (Japan)

Recently predicted presence of spin-phonon coupling in the CaMnO{sub 3} is experimentally confirmed in infrared (IR), Raman and time-domain THz spectra. Most of phonon frequencies seen below 350 cm{sup −1} exhibit significant shifts on cooling below antiferromagnetic phase transition at T{sub N} ≅ 120 K. Moreover, several new modes activate in the IR and Raman spectra on cooling below T{sub N}. Sum of phonon contributions to static permittivity exhibits small but reliable anomaly at T{sub N}. On the other hand, the spin-phonon coupling is not manifested in temperature dependence of radio-frequency permittivity, because intrinsic permittivity is screened by extrinsic contribution from conductivity, which enhances the permittivity to giant values.

OSTI ID:
22402926
Journal Information:
Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 117, Issue 16; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English