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MA: Fachverband Magnetismus

MA 39: SrTiO₃: A Versatile Material from Bulk Quantum Paraelectric to 2D Superconductor II (joint session TT/KFM/MA/O)

MA 39.11: Talk

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 17:45–18:00, H 0104

SrTiO₃: Thoroughly investigated but still good for surprises — •Annette Bussmann-Holder¹, Reinhard K. Kremer¹, Krystian Roleder², and Ekhard K. H. Salje³ — ¹Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstr. 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany — ²Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, ul. 75 Pułku Piechoty 1, 41-500 Chorzów, Poland — ³Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom

For decades SrTiO₃ is in the focus of research with seemingly never-ending new insights regarding its ground state properties, its application potentials, its surface and interface properties, the superconducting state, the twin boundaries and domain functionalities, etc. Here, we focus on the already well-investigated lattice dynamics of STO and show that four different temperature regimes can be identified which dominate the elastic properties, the thermal conductivity and the birefringence. These regimes are the low-temperature quantum fluctuation dominated one, followed by an intermediate regime, the region of the structural phase transition at  105 K and its vicinity, and at high temperatures a regime characterized by precursor and saturation effects. They can all be elucidated by lattice dynamical aspects. The relevant temperature dependencies of the soft modes are discussed and their relationship to lattice polarizability is emphasized.

Keywords: Phase Transition; Ferroelectricity; Dynamical Properties