Low temperature and high pressure Raman and x-ray studies of pyrochlore Tb$_2$Ti$_2$O$_7$ : phonon anomalies and possible phase transition

Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science

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10 figures, 26 pages. Appeared in Physical Review B, vol-79, pp-134112 (2009)

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10.1103/PhysRevB.79.134112

We have carried out temperature and pressure-dependent Raman and x-ray measurements on single crystals of Tb$_2$Ti$_2$O$_7$. We attribute the observed anomalous temperature dependence of phonons to phonon-phonon anharmonic interactions. The quasiharmonic and anharmonic contributions to the temperature-dependent changes in phonon frequencies are estimated quantitatively using mode Gr\"{u}neisen parameters derived from pressure-dependent Raman experiments and bulk modulus from high pressure x-ray measurements. Further, our Raman and x-ray data suggest a subtle structural deformation of the pyrochlore lattice at $\sim$ 9 GPa. We discuss possible implications of our results on the spin-liquid behaviour of Tb$_2$Ti$_2$O$_7$.

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