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Temperature-dependent phonon lifetime of the 428-cm/sup /minus/1/ Raman line in La/sub 2/CuO/sub 4+/ital y//

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States)
Raman measurements of the 428-cm/sup /minus/1/ /ital A//sub 1/ital g// oxygen vibrational mode in single-crystal La/sub 2/CuO/sub 4+/ital y// show that the linewidth of this dominant line increases by a factor of 2 from 8 to 300 K, while its line position varies by less than 1 cm/sup /minus/1/ over this temperature range. The variation with temperature of the linewidth of the zone-center optical phonon of frequency /omega//sub 0/ is well explained by a three-phonon scattering process involving a decay to two phonons with wave vectors /bold k/ and /minus//bold k/ and frequencies near /omega//sub 0//2. No changes in either the linewidth or the line position was observed upon application of a magnetic field (H/parallel//cflx z/) up to 11 T.
Research Organization:
Center for Materials Science and Engineering and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (US); Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139; Center for Materials Science and Engineering and Department of Electrical Engineering and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
OSTI ID:
6051273
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States) Vol. 40:4; ISSN PRBMD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English