Stripe Order and Vibrational Properties of La{2}NiO{4+delta}for delta=2/15: Measurements and Ab Initio Calculations
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· Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
The optical properties of the static charge- and stripe-ordered material La{sub 2}NiO{sub 4+{delta}} for {delta} = 2/15 have been measured over a wide frequency and temperature range for light polarized within the a-b planes and along the c axis. Below the charge-ordering temperature, T{sub co} 319 K, a charge gap opens and the electronic background, upon which four strong infrared-active phonons are superimposed, drops towards zero. As the temperature decreases, many new spectral features are observed in response to the ordering of interstitial oxygen as well as the formation of a superlattice due to the charge order in the NiO{sub 2} planes. In particular, the prominent mode at 354 cm{sup -1} splits into three components; while the frequencies do not shift below the magnetic-ordering transition at T{sub m} = 110 K, there is a transfer of oscillator strength in response to the change in registry of the charge stripes with respect to the underlying lattice. Ab initio calculations have been performed using density-functional theory, and the phonon dispersion curves were obtained using the direct method. Likely assignments of the new modes activated by stripe order are discussed. In some crystals, two antiresonances are observed in the conductivity for T {approx_equal} T{sub co}, which change to a resonant character for T {approx}< T{sub m}; these modes are shown to be due to longitudinal optic c-axis modes which appear as a result of surface misorientation.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) National Synchrotron Light Source
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Doe - Office Of Science
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-98CH10886
- OSTI ID:
- 930627
- Report Number(s):
- BNL--80970-2008-JA
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Vol. 75; ISSN PRBMDO; ISSN 0163-1829
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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