Subtle structural distortions in LiOsO<sub>3</sub> observed using optical second harmonic generation

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Abstract

LiOsO3 is a metal that undergoes a non-polar to polar structural phase transition upon cooling below a critical temperature Tc ~ 140 K, which is unusual because the presence of itinerant carriers is usually incompatible with ferroelectric-like structural distortions. To explore the microscopic mechanism of this phase transition, we performed angle-of-incidence dependent optical second harmonic rotational anisotropy measurements on LiOsO3 single crystals. We observe subtle distortions in the paraelectric phase above Tc and I will discuss their implications for an order-disorder versus a displacive picture of the polar phase transition.

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Presenters

  • Jun-Yi Shan

    • Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology

Authors

  • Jun-Yi Shan

    • Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology

  • Alberto De la Torre

    • Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva
    • Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology
    • Caltech

  • Nicholas Laurita

    • Johns Hopkins University
    • Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, California Institute of Technology
    • Caltech
    • Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology

  • Liuyan Zhao

    • Department of Physics, University of Michigan
    • University of Michigan
    • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  • Cameron Dashwood

    • Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology

  • Danilo Puggioni

    • Northwestern University
    • Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University

  • Kazunari Yamaura

    • National Institute for Materials Science
    • Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science
    • Superconducting Properties unit, National Institute for Materials Science

  • Youguo Shi

    • Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    • Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    • Chinese Academy of Sciences
    • Institute of Physics

  • James M Rondinelli

    • Northwestern University
    • Northwestern university
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Univ
    • Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University

  • David Hsieh

    • California Institute of Technology
    • Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, California Institute of Technology
    • Caltech
    • Caltech, Physics, Math & Astronomy
    • Physics, California Institute of Technology
    • Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology