Lattice dynamics and the electron-phonon interaction in Ca$_2$RuO$_4$

Details Lattice dynamics and the electron-phonon interaction in Ca$_2$RuO$_4$ Lattice dynamics and the electron-phonon interaction in Ca$_2$RuO$_4$

2005-01-26

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0501620v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

6 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.71.245121

We present a Raman scattering study of Ca$_2$RuO$_4$, in which we investigate the temperature-dependence of the lattice dynamics and the electron-phonon interaction below the metal-insulator transition temperature ({\it T}$_{\rm MI}$). Raman spectra obtained in a backscattering geometry with light polarized in the ab-plane reveal 9 B$_{1g}$ phonon modes (140, 215, 265, 269, 292, 388, 459, 534, and 683 cm$^{-1}$) and 9 A$_g$ phonon modes (126, 192, 204, 251, 304, 322, 356, 395, and 607 cm$^{-1}$) for the orthorhombic crystal structure (Pbca$-$D$_{2h}^{15}$). With increasing temperature toward {\it T}$_{\rm MI}$, the observed phonon modes shift to lower energies and exhibit reduced spectral weights, reflecting structural changes associated with the elongation of the RuO$_6$ octahedra. Interestingly, the phonons exhibit significant increases in linewidths and asymmetries for {\it T} $>$ {\it T}$_{\rm N}$. These results indicate that there is an increase in the effective number of electrons and the electron-phonon interaction strengths as the temperature is raised through {\it T}$_{\rm N}$, suggesting the presence of orbital fluctuations in the temperature regime {\it T}$_{\rm N}$ $<$ {\it T} $<$ {\it T}$_{\rm MI}$.

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