arXivDaily arXiv每日学术速递 周一至周五更新
arXiv 0710.4154cond-mat.mtrl-scicond-mat.str-el
收藏

阻挫磁体CdCr $_2$ O $_4$中的自旋声子耦合

Spin phonon coupling in frustrated magnet CdCr$_2$O$_4$

R. Valdés Aguilar, A. B. Sushkov, Y. J. Choi, S-W. Cheong, H. D. Drew

摘要:

在6 ~ 300 K温度范围内测量了尖晶石型CdCr_2O_4的红外声子谱。三重简并Cr声子软化的顺磁相,温度低于100 K,然后分裂成一个单线态和双峰的低T反铁磁相,这是四方扭曲,以减轻几何挫折的烧绿石晶格中的Cr $^{3+}$离子。声子分裂与由于四元相键长减小(增加)而导致的力常数的简单增大(减小)是不一致的。相反,它们对应于反铁磁状态下磁序引起的力常数变化。在这个系统中的声子分裂是相反的ZnCr 2 O 4早期观察到的理论预测。分裂的幅度给出了自旋声子耦合强度的量度,其小于ZnCr 2 O 4的情况。

英文摘要:

The infrared phonon spectrum of the spinel CdCr2O4 is measured as a function temperature from 6 K to 300K. The triply degenerate Cr phonons soften in the paramagnetic phase as temperature is lowered below 100 K and then split into a singlet and doublet in the low T antiferromagnetic phase which is tetragonally distorted to relieve the geometric frustration in the pyrochlore lattice of Cr$^{3+}$ ions. The phonon splitting is inconsistent with the simple increase (decrease) in the force constants due to deceasing (increasing) bond lengths in the tetragonal phase. Rather they correspond to changes in the force constants due to the magnetic order in the antiferromagnetic state. The phonon splitting in this system is opposite of that observed earlier in ZnCr2O4 as predicted by theory. The magnitude of the splitting gives a measure of the spin phonon coupling strength which is smaller than in the case of ZnCr2O4.

机构、总结、中文摘要均由AI分析而来,可能存在错误,请以论文正文为准。

↑