Jahn-Teller Distortions Cooperating with Magnetic Interaction in the Raman Spectra of La0.75Ca0.25MnO3 Thin Film

Remarkable changes (additional peaks, frequency shift, and peak width) of Raman spectra ofa La0.75 Ca0.25MnO3 thin film have been observed during the paramagnetic insulator-ferromagnetic metal transition. The vl band (230cm^-1) hardens by lattice contraction as a result of the rearrangement of Mn06 octahedra. The Jahn-Teller distortions seem to be responsible for the broadening of v2 band (485 cm^-1) above the magnetic transition temperature Tc. It is proposed that the 438cm-1 vibration mode activated in the magnetic ordering state is associated with the rearrangement of MnO6 octahedra. The softening of v3 band (610cm^-1) below TC can be ascribed to the magnetic interaction that brings into spin-phonon coupling terms.