Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2005-05-24
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter v.17 (2005) 4343.
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Scientific paper
10.1088/0953-8984/17/27/010
The low-energy part of the vibration spectrum in PbMg$_{1/3}$Nb$_{2/3}$O$_3$ (PMN) relaxor ferroelectric has been studied by neutron scattering above and below the Burns temperature, T$_d$. The transverse acoustic and the lowest transverse optic phonons are strongly coupled and we have obtained a model for this coupling. We observe that the lowest optic branch is always underdamped. A resolution-limited central peak and quasi-elastic scattering appear in the vicinity of the Burns temperature. It is shown that it is unlikely that the quasi-elastic scattering originates from the combined effects of coupling between TA and TO phonons with an increase of the damping of the TO phonon below T$_d$. The quasi-elastic scattering has a peak as a function of temperature close to the peak in the dielectric constant while the intensity of the central peak scattering increases strongly below this temperature. These results are discussed in terms of a random field model for relaxors.
Cowley R. A.
Gvasaliya S. N.
Hubert Pascal
Lushnikov S. G.
Roessli B.
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