Franck-Condon higher order lattice excitations in the LaFe(1-x)Cr(x)O3 (x=0, 0.1, 0.5, 0.9, 1.0) perovskites due to Fe-Cr charge transfer effects
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2007

First and higher order lattice excitiations in the B-site disordered perovskites LaFe(1-x)Cr(x)O3 (x = 0, 0.1, 0.5, 0.9, 1) and La(0.835)Sr(0.165)Fe(0.5)Cr(0.5)O(3-d) are investigated using temperature dependent and polarised inelastic light scattering [lambda = 515 nm (2.41 eV) and 676 nm (1.83 eV)] on oriented crystallites. A peak at approximately 2.4 eV in the imaginary part of the dielectric function of LaFe(0.5)Cr(0.5)O3 is assigned to a charge transfer from Fe 3+ (d5) to Cr 3+ (d3) ions and coupled the appearance of an intense Ag-like mode at approximately 700 cm-1 in the Raman data. This excitation is identified as a symmetric oxygen breathing mode activated by the Fe-Cr charge transfer through an orbital coupling mechanism. Higher order scattering (up to 7th order) of the intrinsic Raman active symmetric breathing mode is also explained by an orbital mediated, electron-phonon coupling, similar to the Franck-Condon effect observed in the Jahn-Teller active perovskite structured manganite LaMnO3. These results show that the Franck-Condon mechanism is a more common mechanism for resonant higher order scattering in solids than previously believed and propose the LaFe(1-x)Cr(x)O(3) system as a model system for electron-phonon coupling and higher order Raman scattering in solids.

Higher order scattering

Raman

Franck Condon

Charge transfer

Perovskite

Författare

Jakob Andreasson

Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Kondenserade materiens fysik

Joakim Holmlund

Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Kondenserade materiens fysik

Christopher Knee

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik

Mikael Käll

Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Bionanofotonik

Lars Börjesson

Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Kondenserade materiens fysik

Stefan Naler

Joakim Bäckström

Michael Rübhausen

A.K. Azad

Sten Eriksson

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Oorganisk miljökemi

Physical Review B

Vol. 75 104302-

Ämneskategorier

Oorganisk kemi

Fysik

Den kondenserade materiens fysik

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevB.75.104302

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