Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2004-07-23
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
4 figures, submitted
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.71.214307
First principles computations of Raman intensities were performed for perovskite-family compound CaAl$_{1/2}$Nb$_{1/2}$O$_3$ (CAN). This compound features 1:1 (NaCl-type) ordering of Al and Nb superimposed onto the $b^-b^-c+$ octahedral tilting. Raman tensor for CAN was computed using the package for first-principles computations ABINIT (URL \underline {http://www.abinit.org}). Computations performed for both untilted cubic ($Fm\bar{3}m$) and tilted monoclinic ($P2_1/n$) CAN structures showed that the strongest Raman lines are associated with the ordering of Al and Nb. The computed spectrum agreed qualitatively with the experimental data measured on powder (CAN is available in polycrystalline form only). The effect of cation disorder on the Raman intensities was considered using phenomenological theory of light scattering in the vicinity of a phase transition. We suggest that, for certain modes, the corresponding Raman intensities depend primarily on the average long range order while, for other modes, the intensities are determined by fluctuations of the order parameter.
Levin Ingeborg
Maslar J.
Prosandeev S. A.
Waghmare Umesh
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