Two-Magnon Raman Scattering in Strontium Orthoferrites
摘要
Raman spectra have been measured in polycrystalline samples of La0.5Sr0.5FeO3–δ and SrFeO2.5 antiferromagnetic orthoferrites in the orthorhombic and brownmillerite phases, respectively, in the temperature range of 300–700 K. A significant decrease in the intensity of the 1300–1400 cm–1 band when approaching the Néel temperature (TN ~ 410 K in the substituted orthoferrite La0.5Sr0.5FeO3–δ and TN ~ 670 K in the brownmillerite SrFeO2.5) indicates magnetic ordering in the crystals under normal conditions, and the band itself is due to two-magnon scattering, in contrast to the ~1100-cm–1 biphonon scattering band, which retains its intensity over the entire temperature range.