Phonon coupling to dynamic short-range polar order in a relaxor ferroelectric near the morphotropic phase boundary
Abstract
We report neutron inelastic scattering experiments on single-crystal PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3 doped with 32% PbTiO3, a relaxor ferroelectric that lies close to the morphotropic phase boundary. When cooled under an electric field E∥ [001] into tetragonal and monoclinic phases, the scattering cross section from transverse acoustic (TA) phonons polarized parallel to E weakens and shifts to higher energy relative to that under zero-field-cooled conditions. Likewise, the scattering cross section from transverse optic (TO) phonons polarized parallel to E weakens for energy transfers 4≤ω≤9 meV. However, TA and TO phonons polarized perpendicular to E show no change. This anisotropic field response is similar to that of the diffuse scattering cross section, which, as previously reported, is suppressed when polarized parallel to E but not when polarized perpendicular to E. Our findings suggest that the lattice dynamics and dynamic short-range polar correlations that give rise to the diffuse scattering are coupled.
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- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Dept.; Stony Brook Univ., Stony Brook, NY (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Physics Dept.; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Science Division
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Quantum Condensed Matter Division
- Univ. of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (United Kingdom). School of Physics and Astronomy
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (United States). NIST Center for Neutron Research
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Dept.
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1240704
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1234018; OSTI ID: 1393881; OSTI ID: 1456920
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- BNL-111868-2016-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 1098-0121; PRBMDO; R&D Project: PO010; KC0201060
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- SC00112704; AC02-05CH11231; AC05-00OR22725
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- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 92; Journal Issue: 21; Journal ID: ISSN 1098-0121
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
Citation Formats
Schneeloch, John A., Xu, Zhijun, Winn, B., Stock, C., Gehring, P. M., Birgeneau, R. J., and Xu, Guangyong. Phonon coupling to dynamic short-range polar order in a relaxor ferroelectric near the morphotropic phase boundary. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.92.214302.
Schneeloch, John A., Xu, Zhijun, Winn, B., Stock, C., Gehring, P. M., Birgeneau, R. J., & Xu, Guangyong. Phonon coupling to dynamic short-range polar order in a relaxor ferroelectric near the morphotropic phase boundary. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.214302
Schneeloch, John A., Xu, Zhijun, Winn, B., Stock, C., Gehring, P. M., Birgeneau, R. J., and Xu, Guangyong. 2015.
"Phonon coupling to dynamic short-range polar order in a relaxor ferroelectric near the morphotropic phase boundary". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.214302. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1240704.
@article{osti_1240704,
title = {Phonon coupling to dynamic short-range polar order in a relaxor ferroelectric near the morphotropic phase boundary},
author = {Schneeloch, John A. and Xu, Zhijun and Winn, B. and Stock, C. and Gehring, P. M. and Birgeneau, R. J. and Xu, Guangyong},
abstractNote = {We report neutron inelastic scattering experiments on single-crystal PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3 doped with 32% PbTiO3, a relaxor ferroelectric that lies close to the morphotropic phase boundary. When cooled under an electric field E∥ [001] into tetragonal and monoclinic phases, the scattering cross section from transverse acoustic (TA) phonons polarized parallel to E weakens and shifts to higher energy relative to that under zero-field-cooled conditions. Likewise, the scattering cross section from transverse optic (TO) phonons polarized parallel to E weakens for energy transfers 4≤ω≤9 meV. However, TA and TO phonons polarized perpendicular to E show no change. This anisotropic field response is similar to that of the diffuse scattering cross section, which, as previously reported, is suppressed when polarized parallel to E but not when polarized perpendicular to E. Our findings suggest that the lattice dynamics and dynamic short-range polar correlations that give rise to the diffuse scattering are coupled.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.92.214302},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1240704},
journal = {Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics},
issn = {1098-0121},
number = 21,
volume = 92,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Mon Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 2015}
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