Far infrared transmission of SmTe under high pressure

Y. S. Kwon, T. S. Park, J. M. Kim, K. S. An, I. S. Jeon, C. Y. Park, S. Kimura, T. Nanba, T. Matsumura, T. Suzuki

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Abstract

We measured the transmission spectra of SmTe under several pressures in the energy region between 40 and 320 cm-1 at 300 and 100 K. At P = 0 GPa a strong absorption appears from 90 to 190 cm-1 at 300 K and 100 to 165 cm-1 at 110 K. This indicates that ωTO increases with temperature and ωLO decreases with increasing temperature. Another absorption appears at around 290 cm-1 with the half width of 20 cm-1. The possibility for its origin is considered as two methods. One seems to be due to the two phonon process. The other seems to be due to a magnetic quasi-particle such as a magnetic polaron. We found that the semiconductor-metal transition in SmTe occurs at 3.5 GPa.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)389-391
Number of pages3
JournalPhysica B: Condensed Matter
Volume206-207
Issue numberC
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 1995

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by the user training program of Pohang Light Source (PLS), Korea. The

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