Raman study of KMnF3 perovskite crystals doped by Na+ |
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| Authors: | Joanna Kapusta Philippe Daniel Alicja Ratuszna |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, Uniwersytecka 4 , Katowice, 40-007, Poland;2. Laboratoire de Physique de l'Etat Condensé, UPRES A CNRS no. 6087 , Université du Maine , Avenue Olivier Messiaen, 72085, Le Mans, Cedex 9, France;3. Phone: 33-(0)-2-43-83-31-98 Fax: 33-(0)-2-43-83-31-98 E-mail: Philippe.Daniel@ univ-lemans.fr |
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| Abstract: | A study of the influence of cationic Na+ substitution in the archetype KMnF3 perovskite crystal was performed using the Raman method. The Raman spectra of mixed K1-xNaxMnF3 crystals with x = 0.029, 0.048 and 0.065 were recorded versus temperature and fully interpreted in terms of a “one mode” behaviour. In addition to the soft mode not completely vanishing close to Tc, attention was especially paid to evidence of static and dynamical disorder. From this point of view the behaviour of the hard Raman modes versus temperature has been studied together with two unexpected Raman bands in the cubic phase. The interpretation has been made within the more general framework of structural disorder existing in such perovskites with anisotropic interactions. |
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| Keywords: | Structural phase transition Perovskite structure KMnF3 Raman scattering Mixed crystals |
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