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Title: Phonon mixing in the charge density wave state of ScV6Sn6

Abstract

Abstract Kagomé metals are widely recognized, versatile platforms for exploring topological properties, unconventional electronic correlations, magnetic frustration, and superconductivity. In the R V 6 Sn 6 family of materials ( R = Sc, Y, Lu), ScV 6 Sn 6 hosts an unusual charge density wave ground state as well as structural similarities with the A V 3 Sb 5 system ( A = K, Cs, Rb). In this work, we combine Raman scattering spectroscopy with first-principles lattice dynamics calculations to reveal phonon mixing processes in the charge density wave state of ScV 6 Sn 6 . In the low temperature phase, we find at least four new peaks in the vicinity of the V-containing totally symmetric mode near 240 cm −1 suggesting that the density wave acts to mix modes of P 6/ m m m and $$$$R\bar{3}m$$$$ R 3 ¯ m symmetry - a result that we quantify by projecting phonons of the high symmetry state onto those of the lower symmetry structure. We also test the stability of the short-range ordered density wave state under compression and propose that both physical and chemical pressure quench the effect. We discuss these findings in terms of symmetry and the structure-property trends that can be unraveled in this system.

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Research Org.:
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); AFOSR MURI (Novel Light-Matter Interactions in Topologically Non-Trivial Weyl Semimetal Structures and Systems); NSF CAREER
OSTI Identifier:
2202312
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 2338180
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0023144; FA9550-20-1-0322; DMR-2046020
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
npj Quantum Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: npj Quantum Materials Journal Volume: 8 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2397-4648
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; Kagome metals; charge density waves; phonon mixing; phase transitions and critical phenomena; physics

Citation Formats

Gu, Yanhong, Ritz, Ethan T., Meier, William R., Blockmon, Avery, Smith, Kevin, Madhogaria, Richa Pokharel, Mozaffari, Shirin, Mandrus, David, Birol, Turan, and Musfeldt, Janice L. Phonon mixing in the charge density wave state of ScV6Sn6. United Kingdom: N. p., 2023. Web. doi:10.1038/s41535-023-00590-7.
Gu, Yanhong, Ritz, Ethan T., Meier, William R., Blockmon, Avery, Smith, Kevin, Madhogaria, Richa Pokharel, Mozaffari, Shirin, Mandrus, David, Birol, Turan, & Musfeldt, Janice L. Phonon mixing in the charge density wave state of ScV6Sn6. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-023-00590-7
Gu, Yanhong, Ritz, Ethan T., Meier, William R., Blockmon, Avery, Smith, Kevin, Madhogaria, Richa Pokharel, Mozaffari, Shirin, Mandrus, David, Birol, Turan, and Musfeldt, Janice L. Fri . "Phonon mixing in the charge density wave state of ScV6Sn6". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-023-00590-7.
@article{osti_2202312,
title = {Phonon mixing in the charge density wave state of ScV6Sn6},
author = {Gu, Yanhong and Ritz, Ethan T. and Meier, William R. and Blockmon, Avery and Smith, Kevin and Madhogaria, Richa Pokharel and Mozaffari, Shirin and Mandrus, David and Birol, Turan and Musfeldt, Janice L.},
abstractNote = {Abstract Kagomé metals are widely recognized, versatile platforms for exploring topological properties, unconventional electronic correlations, magnetic frustration, and superconductivity. In the R V 6 Sn 6 family of materials ( R = Sc, Y, Lu), ScV 6 Sn 6 hosts an unusual charge density wave ground state as well as structural similarities with the A V 3 Sb 5 system ( A = K, Cs, Rb). In this work, we combine Raman scattering spectroscopy with first-principles lattice dynamics calculations to reveal phonon mixing processes in the charge density wave state of ScV 6 Sn 6 . In the low temperature phase, we find at least four new peaks in the vicinity of the V-containing totally symmetric mode near 240 cm −1 suggesting that the density wave acts to mix modes of P 6/ m m m and $$R\bar{3}m$$ R 3 ¯ m symmetry - a result that we quantify by projecting phonons of the high symmetry state onto those of the lower symmetry structure. We also test the stability of the short-range ordered density wave state under compression and propose that both physical and chemical pressure quench the effect. We discuss these findings in terms of symmetry and the structure-property trends that can be unraveled in this system.},
doi = {10.1038/s41535-023-00590-7},
journal = {npj Quantum Materials},
number = 1,
volume = 8,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Fri Oct 13 00:00:00 EDT 2023},
month = {Fri Oct 13 00:00:00 EDT 2023}
}

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