Ultrasonic Measurement of LaCoO3 —Evidence for the Orbital-Order Fluctuation—
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- Naing Thant Sin
- Department of Applied Physics and Chemistry, The University of Electro-Communications
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- Kobayashi Toshiaki
- Department of Applied Physics and Chemistry, The University of Electro-Communications
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- Kobayashi Yoshihiko
- Department of Applied Physics and Chemistry, The University of Electro-Communications
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- Suzuki Masaru
- Department of Applied Physics and Chemistry, The University of Electro-Communications
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- Asai Kichizo
- Department of Applied Physics and Chemistry, The University of Electro-Communications
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- Ultrasonic Measurement of LaCoO3--Evidence for the Orbital-Order Fluctuation
- Ultrasonic Measurement of LaCoO<sub>3</sub> –Evidence for the Orbital-Order Fluctuation–
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Abstract
The sound velocity propagating along [111] of LaCoO3 has been measured from 4 to 580 K for longitudinal (L) and transverse (T) sounds with frequencies, f, of 10 to 100 MHz. A comparison of the data for the single-domain rhombohedral crystal with those for a twinned pseudocubic specimen reveals the anisotropy of the elastic constants with the rhombohedral symmetry. The temperature dependence of the velocity of the L mode with f=10 MHz is analyzed consistently with the anomalous lattice expansion associated with the spin state transition. A frequency dispersion of the sound velocity appears in the L mode above 100 K. The amplitude of the dispersion increases pronouncedly with increasing temperature up to the measured highest temperature. The relaxation rate of the lattice evaluated based on the Debye model shows an activation type of temperature dependence with an attempt frequency of (1⁄τ)0=187×106 s−1 and the energy Ea=11 meV. The slow lattice relaxation is attributed to a fluctuation of the orbital-order of Co atoms in the intermediate spin state and also to the relaxation between the intermediate- and the high-spin states, the rate of which is slowed down to that of the orbital fluctuation.
Journal
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- Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
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Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 75 (8), 084601-, 2006
THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
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- CRID
- 1390282679166185856
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- NII Article ID
- 110004799207
- 210000106277
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- NII Book ID
- AA00704814
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- BIBCODE
- 2006JPSJ...75h4601N
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- ISSN
- 13474073
- 00319015
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- NDL BIB ID
- 8020066
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- Text Lang
- en
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- JaLC
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