A First-Principles Investigation of Phonon Softenings and Lattice Instabilities in the Shape-Memory System Ni$_{2}$MnGa

Details A First-Principles Investigation of Phonon Softenings and Lattice Instabilities in the Shape-Memory System Ni$_{2}$MnGa A First-Principles Investigation of Phonon Softenings and Lattice Instabilities in the Shape-Memory System Ni$_{2}$MnGa

2003-04-14

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0304315v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

4 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.68.132402

Ferromagnetic \nmg has unique magnetoelastic properties. These are investigated by detailed computational studies of the phonon dispersion curves for the non-modulated cubic \Ltw and tetragonal structures. For the \Ltw\ structure, a complete softening of the transverse acoustic mode has been found around the wave vector $\mathbf{q}=[1/3,1/3,0](2 \pi/a)$. The softening of this \TA{2} phonon mode leads to the premartensitic modulated super-structure observed experimentally. Further phonon anomalies, related to other structural transformations in \nmg, have also been found and examined. These anomalies appear to be due to the coupling of particular acoustic phonon modes and optical modes derived from Ni.

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