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Evidence of soft modes in magnetoelectric CuFeO2: Ultrasonic velocity measurements and Landau theory

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Quirion, G., Tagore, M. J., Plumer, M. L. and Petrenko, Oleg (2008) Evidence of soft modes in magnetoelectric CuFeO2: Ultrasonic velocity measurements and Landau theory. Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics), Vol.77 (No.9). Article No. 094111. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.77.094111

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Abstract

Ultrasonic velocity measurements are used to examine the elastic properties of the magnetoelectric compound CuFeO2 in the vicinity of the magnetic and structural phase transitions near 14 K. Strong softening of modes related to C-66 occurs at the transition from the high- temperature rhombohedral R (3) over barm to lower-temperature monoclinic C2/ m symmetry. A Landau free energy is proposed and analyzed in order to understand the elastic properties of CuFeO2. The principal features of sound velocity modes vs temperature are reproduced by the model. Our analysis suggests that the transition at 14 K is primary pseudoproper ferroelastic, with the spin acting as a secondary order parameter.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Physics
Journal or Publication Title: Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics)
Publisher: American Physical Society
ISSN: 1098-0121
Official Date: March 2008
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March 2008Published
Volume: Vol.77
Number: No.9
Number of Pages: 7
Page Range: Article No. 094111
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.094111
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
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