PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3as a model object for light scattering experiments

Autor: S. G. Lushnikov, I. G. Siny, V. H. Schmidt, R. S. Katiyar
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: Ferroelectrics. 226:191-215
ISSN: 1563-5112
0015-0193
DOI: 10.1080/00150199908230300
Popis: A classical relaxor material, PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3 (PMN), has a long history of investigations by Raman and Brillouin spectroscopies. Earlier results on Raman scattering have emphasized a predominant role of disorder and, on the whole, confirmed a model of compositional fluctuations, first suggested by Smolensky and his colleagues. The extensive microstructural studies of PMN in recent years require re-consideration of many conclusions. In the present paper, we initiated analysis of rather complex Raman scattering in order to reach a definite agreement with the recent direct microstructural studies. Different unambiguous features were analyzed in light of polarization measurements, a breakdown in the Raman selection rules, assignment of modes consistent with the Fm3m space group, the mode behavior for some ion substitutions, the key role of the high temperature transformation of the spectra in explaining the origin of Raman active modes, and some other aspects. The behavior of optical phonons is predom...
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