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Effect of Oxygen Annealing on the Magnon-Pair Raman Scattering in La2CuO4-y
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2011
Abstract
Polarized Raman scattering spectra at 300K and 20K are reported for a single crystal of La2CuO4-y before and after annealing in oxygen at 1000°C for 24 hours. Oxygenation strongly quenches the temperature sensitive line at ∼1430 cm-1 (for T ∼ 300K) in the “as grown” crystal, previously identified with magnon-pair excitation associated with two-dimensional antiferromagnetic ordering. In addition, the phonon spectrum is greatly modified by the addition of oxygen, indicating a more uniform local crystalline environment after oxygenation. Raman scattering is thus a sensitive probe of the effect of oxygenation on the near surface magnetic and phonon properties of La2CuO4-y.
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