Polarized Infrared Spectroscopy of Textured Hematite (α-Fe2O3) Microcrystals
摘要
Polarized far-infrared spectroscopy analysis is presented on highly [210] textured α-Fe2O3 microcrystals grown on pure Fe substrate, using a facile and one step process. Main objective is to understand relationship between intensity of A2u and Eu modes with incident polarization. In literature, the shape of Eu band at 460 cm−1 was shown to be sensitive on crystallinity, particle shape and size. In this report it is shown that shape of this Eu band also varies the most with polarization compared to the other bands. The observed variation is attributed to different response of LO and TO components of the Eu band to incident polarization. The intensity of A2u modes remains almost unchanged whereas that of the Eu modes shows a systematic variation. The observed intensity variation has been elucidated on the basis of direction of the texture and experimental geometry of measurement. A simulation of intensity of the Eu modes is presented, which shows cos2θ variation with different phase shifts and matches well with the experimental data.