Electron-phonon coupling and the soft phonon mode in TiSe{<_2}.
- Materials Science Division
We report high-resolution inelastic x-ray measurements of the soft phonon mode in the charge-density-wave compound TiSe{sub 2}. We observe a complete softening of a transverse optic phonon at the L point, i.e., q = (0.5,0,0.5), at T {approx} T{sub CDW}. Detailed ab initio calculations for the electronic and lattice dynamical properties of TiSe{sub 2} are in quantitative agreement with experimental frequencies for the soft phonon mode. The observed broad range of renormalized phonon frequencies, (0.3,0,0.5) {<=} q {<=} (0.5,0,0.5), is directly related to a broad peak in the electronic susceptibility stabilizing the charge-density-wave ordered state. Our analysis demonstrates that a conventional electron-phonon coupling mechanism can explain a structural instability and the charge-density-wave order in TiSe{sub 2} although other mechanisms might further boost the transition temperature.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 1033861
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/MSD/JA-71575; PRLTAO; TRN: US1200619
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 107, Issue 26; ISSN 0031-9007
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- ENGLISH
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