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CaMn7O12中的软声子驱动轨道序

Soft phonon driven orbital order in CaMn7O12

S. M. Souliou, Y. Li, X. Du, M. Le Tacon, A. Bosak

摘要:

利用变温X射线热漫散射和非弹性散射研究了多铁性CaMn_7 O_(12)单晶在低温下发生一系列轨道和磁性转变的晶格动力学。在接近电荷和轨道有序温度To=250 K从上面,我们观察到强烈的漫散射功能和一个明显的光学声子软化周围的超结构反射的inadvertely调制结构为中心。声子异常出现远高于到和冷却后不断增加,以下的正则幂律温度依赖性,确认在到的过渡是二阶和相关的软声子晶格不稳定性。基于竞争相互作用和动量依赖的电子-声子耦合的无公度电荷和轨道有序的微观机制可以解释所观察到的声子软化的扩展动量宽度。我们的研究结果突出了晶格相互作用的重要性,在这个磁感应铁电系统的物理。

英文摘要:

We use variable-temperature x-ray thermal diffuse scattering and inelastic scattering to investigate the lattice dynamics in single crystals of multiferroic CaMn7O12 which undergo a series of orbital and magnetic transitions at low temperatures. Upon approaching the charge and orbital ordering temperature To=250 K from above, we observe intense diffuse scattering features and a pronounced optical phonon softening centered around the superstructure reflections of the incommensurately modulated structure. The phonon anomaly appears well above To and continuously increases upon cooling, following a canonical power-law temperature dependence that confirms the transition at To to be of second order and related to a soft-phonon lattice instability. Microscopic mechanisms for the incommensurate charge and orbital ordering based on competing interactions and on momentum dependent electron-phonon coupling could both account for the observed extended momentum width of the phonon softening. Our results highlight the importance of the lattice interactions in the physics of this magnetically induced ferroelectric system.

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