Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2001-12-19
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
5 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.65.172105
Neutron scattering measurements of the lowest-energy TO phonons in the relaxor Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 (PMN) are reported for 10<=T<=750 K. The soft mode, which is overdamped by the polar nanoregions below the Burns temperature T_d = 620 K, surprisingly recovers below 220 K. The square of the soft mode energy hw0^2 increases linearly with decreasing temperature, and is consistent with the behavior of a ferroelectric soft mode. At 10 K, hw0 reaches 11 meV, the same value observed in ferroelectric Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3 at low-T. An unusual broadening of the TA phonon starts at T_d and disappears at 220 K, coincident with the recovery of the TO mode. These dynamics suggest that a well-developed ferroelectric state is established below 220 K.
Birgeneau Robert J.
Buyers W. J. L.
Chen Wei
Gehring Peter M.
Shirane Gen
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