Line-shape analyses of magnon Raman spectra of a PrBa2CU2.7Al0.3O7 single crystal

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Rubhausen, M [1 ]
Dieckmann, N [1 ]
Bock, A [1 ]
Merkt, U [1 ]
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[1] UNIV HAMBURG, ZENTRUM MIKROSTRUKTURFORSCH, D-20355 HAMBURG, GERMANY
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10.1103/PhysRevB.54.14967
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We present line-shape analyses of magnon Raman spectra in B-1g geometry of a PrBa2Cu2.7Al0.3O7 crystal for various excitation energies. The description is based on the Heisenberg model of antiferromagnetism. Out of resonance, we describe the experimental data by taking into account phonons and a two-magnon excitation using the experimental superexchange energy J=720 cm(-1) and a damping parameter Gamma=200 cm(-1) of the one-magnon states. After subtraction of the fitted line shapes, we identify three additional spectral features at 730 cm(-1), 1170 cm(-1), and 3509 cm(-1). All three show enhanced intensities close to the two-magnon resonance at 2.79 eV excitation energy. This strongly suggests that these excitations have a magnetic rather than a phononic origin.
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页码:14967 / 14970
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