Spin-phonon coupling in uniaxial anisotropic spin-glass based on Fe2TiO5 pseudobrookite

The ferric pseudobrookite is a rare example of uniaxial anisotropic spin-glass insulator, depicting a multiglass behavior and magnetoelectric coupling. Here, we present Raman spectroscopy results in order to elucidate the spin-phonon coupling in Fe2TiO5 for the first time. The experimental data are...

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Autores: Rodrigues, João E.F.S., Rosa, Washington S., Ferrer, Mateus M., Cunha, Thiago R., Moreno Zapata, Maximiliano Jesús, Sambrano, Julio R. [UNESP], Martínez, José L., Pizani, Paulo S., Alonso, José A., Hernandes, Antonio C., Gonçalves, Renato V.
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/187724
Acesso em linha:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.05.343
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/187724
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Anisotropic spin-glass
DFT phonon
Fe2TiO5
Magnetoelectric
Spin-phonon coupling
Theoretical Raman
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Resumo:The ferric pseudobrookite is a rare example of uniaxial anisotropic spin-glass insulator, depicting a multiglass behavior and magnetoelectric coupling. Here, we present Raman spectroscopy results in order to elucidate the spin-phonon coupling in Fe2TiO5 for the first time. The experimental data are supported by computational simulations performed in view of density functional theory, which allowed us to assign the main Raman-active modes. Temperature-dependent phonon behavior exhibited anomalous evolution around 55 and 80–200 K, which was explained as successive coupling between lattice and spin configuration arising from spin freezing and short-range magnetic correlation, respectively. Arguments that the magnetoelectric effect in Fe2TiO5 is mediated by spin-phonon coupling are presented.