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Folded modes in the infrared spectra of the spin-Peierls phase of CuGeO3

M. N. Popova, A. B. Sushkov, S. A. Golubchik, A. N. Vasil'ev, L. L. Leonyuk

cond-mat.str-elarXiv:cond-mat/9709312

Abstract

Polarized far-infrared transmittance spectra of CuGeO3 single crystals were measured at different temperatures (6K < T < 300K). Two spectral lines, at 284.2 cm-1 in E||c polarization and at 311.7 cm-1 in E||b polarization, appear at the temperature of the spin-Peierls transition and grow in intensity with decreasing temperature. Both of them are, most probably, folded modes of the dimerized lattice. We discuss a possible role of the spin-phonon interaction in the formation of the 311.7 cm-1 feature.

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