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Title: Raman investigation of the layered manganese perovskite La{sub 1.2}Sr{sub 1.8}Mn{sub 2}O{sub 7}

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OSTI ID:323424
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  1. National Inst. of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Optical Technology Div.
  2. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States). Materials Science Div.
  3. Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States). Dept. of Physics

The authors report the results of a detailed polarization and temperature dependence study of the Raman scattering from La{sub 1.2}Sr{sub 1.8}Mn{sub 2}O{sub 7}. The Raman spectra reveal three general spectral features. First, there are sharp peaks due to long-wavelength optic phonons. Phonons, attributed to the distortion of the MnO{sub 6} octahedra, reveal an anomalous behavior which correlates with the transition from a paramagnetic-insulating (PI) to a ferromagnetic-metallic (FM) phase at a critical temperature {Tc}. Second, there is an electronic continuum that is suppressed for {omega} < 500 cm{sup {minus}1} at T {much_lt} {Tc}. Third, broad peaks between 400 cm{sup {minus}1} to 800 cm{sup {minus}1} seen in the PI state, surprisingly, disappear in the FM state. The implications of these results are discussed.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
323424
Report Number(s):
CONF-971201-; ISBN 1-55899-399-1; TRN: 99:004245
Resource Relation:
Conference: 1997 fall meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston, MA (United States), 1-5 Dec 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1998; Related Information: Is Part Of Science and technology of magnetic oxides; Hundley, M.F. [ed.] [Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)]; Nickel, J.H. [ed.] [Hewlett-Packard Labs., Palo Alto, CA (United States)]; Ramesh, R. [ed.] [Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MA (United States)]; Tokura, Yoshinori [ed.] [Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)]; PB: 375 p.; Materials Research Society symposium proceedings, Volume 494
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English