BARC/PUB/09/0547

 
  Low-temperature and high-pressure Raman and x-ray studies of pyrochlore Tb2 Ti2 O7: Phonon anomalies and possible phase transition  
     
 
Author(s)

Saha, S.; Muthu, D. V. S.; Singh, S.; Dkhil, B.; Suryanarayanan, R.; Dhalenne, G.; Poswal, H. K.; Karmakar, S.; Sharma, S. M.; Revcolevschi, A.; Sood, A. K.

ABSTRACT

We have carried out temperature- and pressure-dependent Raman and x-ray measurements on single crystals of Tb2Ti2O7. We attribute the observed anomalous temperature dependence of phonons to phonon-phonon anharmonic interactions. The quasiharmonic and anharmonic contributions to the temperature- dependent changes in phonon frequencies are estimated quantitatively using mode Grüneisen parameters derived from pressure-dependent Raman experiments and bulk modulus from high-pressure x-ray measurements. Further, our Raman and x-ray data suggest a subtle structural deformation of the pyrochlore lattice at ~9 GPa. We discuss possible implications of our results on the spin-liquid behavior of Tb2Ti2O7.

 
 
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