Magnet Laboratory, McGill University, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada;Center for Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, U.S.A.
Abstract:
Absorption spectra of RbMnF3 in the 5500Å region were investigated in the temperature interval 4.2–77°K. Similar temperature dependence was observed for the exciton-magnon and the magnon-phonon sidebands. The position of the exciton lines does not vary as the temperature is increased.