Phys. Rev. B 70, 172101 (2004) [4 pages]

Behavior of optical phonons near the diffuse phase transition in relaxor ferroelectric PbMg1∕3Ta2∕3O3

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S. Lushnikov
Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, 26 Politekhnicheskaya, 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia

S. Gvasaliya *
Laboratory for Neutron Scattering, ETHZ & Paul-Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland

R. S. Katiyar
University of Puerto Rico, P. O. Box 23343, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Received 1 April 2004; published 1 November 2004

Raman scattering in relaxor ferroelectric PbMg1∕3Ta2∕3O3 (PMT) was investigated in the single-crystalline form in the temperature range of 20–295  K . An anomalous temperature dependence of the integrated intensity and the Raman line contours were found at the diffuse phase transition. A correlation between the anomalies in the integrated intensities and the dispersion of the dielectric response was observed. The distortions of Raman lines with decreasing temperature are discussed.


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URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.70.172101
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.172101
PACS: 77.80.−e, 61.12.−q

* On leave from Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, 26 Politekhnicheskaya, 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia.

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