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Spin-phonon coupling in multiferroic YbMnO(3) studied by Raman scattering
H Fukumura1, N Hasuike, H Harima
1Department of Electronics, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan.
Abstract:
Hexagonal YbMnO(3) bulk polycrystals were prepared and studied by Raman scattering in the temperature range of 15-300 K. A total of 15 phonon modes of A(1), E(1) and E(2) type were identified. Some E(2) phonon modes showed anomalous temperature variations in frequency at T(N)∼80 K, suggesting a coupling between the spin and phonon systems below T(N). As another evidence of spin-phonon coupling, softening of an A(1)-phonon mode for the O-Mn vibration was observed at ∼T(N). Substitution of Mn by Al suggests this view.
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