TY - GEN
T1 - Raman scattering study of the guest ion motion in caged crystals
AU - Takasu, Y.
AU - Hasegawa, T.
AU - Ogita, N.
AU - Udagawa, M.
AU - Avila, M. A.
AU - Suekuni, K.
AU - Takabatake, T.
AU - Yamaguchi, T.
AU - Watanabe, T.
AU - Nemoto, Y.
AU - Goto, T.
AU - Hiroi, Z.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The guest ion motion has been investigated by Raman scattering for the following caged crystals: La3Pd20X6 (X=Ge, Si), X8Ga16Ge30 (X=Ba, Sr, Eu), and KOs 2O6. The observed Raman peaks have been well assigned by the polarization dependence and the first principles calculation. It has been found that the energy of the guest ion anomalously decreases with decreasing temperature for X8Ga16Ge30, La 3Pd20Ge6, and KOs2O6, where the rattling motion of the guest ion has been reported. However, such anomalous decrease has not been observed in La3Pd20Si 6 (no rattling). The origin of the energy decrease is understood by the existence of the large quartic anharmonic potential. Furthermore, the existence of carriers is important for the rattling mode.
AB - The guest ion motion has been investigated by Raman scattering for the following caged crystals: La3Pd20X6 (X=Ge, Si), X8Ga16Ge30 (X=Ba, Sr, Eu), and KOs 2O6. The observed Raman peaks have been well assigned by the polarization dependence and the first principles calculation. It has been found that the energy of the guest ion anomalously decreases with decreasing temperature for X8Ga16Ge30, La 3Pd20Ge6, and KOs2O6, where the rattling motion of the guest ion has been reported. However, such anomalous decrease has not been observed in La3Pd20Si 6 (no rattling). The origin of the energy decrease is understood by the existence of the large quartic anharmonic potential. Furthermore, the existence of carriers is important for the rattling mode.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICT.2006.331263
DO - 10.1109/ICT.2006.331263
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:46149098946
SN - 1424408105
SN - 9781424408108
T3 - International Conference on Thermoelectrics, ICT, Proceedings
SP - 33
EP - 35
BT - Proceedings ICT'06 - 25th International Conference on Thermoelectrics
T2 - ICT'06 - 25th International Conference on Thermoelectrics
Y2 - 6 August 2006 through 10 August 2006
ER -