Infrared and Raman spectroscopy measurements of a transition in the crystal structure and a closing of the energy gap of BiTeI under pressure

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العنوان: Infrared and Raman spectroscopy measurements of a transition in the crystal structure and a closing of the energy gap of BiTeI under pressure
المؤلفون: Tran, M. K., Levallois, J., Lerch, P., Teyssier, J., Kuzmenko, A. B., Autès, G., Yazyev, O. V., Ubaldini, A., Giannini, E., van der Marel, D., Akrap, A.
المصدر: Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 047402 (2014)
سنة النشر: 2013
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Materials Science
الوصف: BiTeI is a giant Rashba spin splitting system, in which a non-centro symmetric topological phase has recently been suggested to appear under high pressure. We investigated the optical properties of this compound, reflectivity and transmission, under pressures up to $15$ GPa. The gap feature in the optical conductivity vanishes above $p \sim 9$ GPa and does not reappear up to at least $15$ GPa. The plasma edge, associated with intrinsically doped charge carriers, is smeared out through a phase transition at $9$ GPa. Using high pressure Raman spectroscopy, we follow the vibrational modes of BiTeI, providing additional clear evidence that the transition at 9 GPa involves a change of crystal structure. This change of crystal structure possibly inhibits the high-pressure topological phase from occurring.
Comment: 11 pages, 7 figures, with Supplemental Material, Accepted by PRL Dec 17, 2013
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.047402
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.5485
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.1305.5485
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
الوصف
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.047402