High-temperature spin-wave propagation in BiFeO3: relation to the Polomska transition

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2012-02-06

arxiv.org/abs/1202.1040v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

17 pages, 5 figures

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In bismuth ferrite thin films the cycloidal spiral spin structure is suppressed, and as a result the spin-wave magnon branches of long wavelength are reduced from a dozen to one, at \omega = 19.2 cm-1 (T=4K). This spin wave has not been measured previously above room temperature, but in the present work we show via Raman spectroscopy that it is an underdamped propagating wave until 455 K. This has important room-temperature device implications. The data show that \omega(T) follows an S=5/2 Brillouin function and hence its Fe+3 ions are in the high-spin 5/2 state and not the low-spin S=1/2 state. The spin wave cannot be measured as a propagating wave above 455 K. We also suggest that since this temperature is coincident with the mysterious "Polomska transition" (M. Polomska et al., Phys. Stat. Sol. A 23, 567, (1974)) at 458+/-5 K, that this may be due to overdamping.

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