Ae. Pantoja et al., O(Mn) vibrational bands in double-layered manganites: First and second order Raman scattering - art. no. 132406, PHYS REV B, 6313(13), 2001, pp. 2406
The Raman spectra of a number of the colossal magnetoresistance manganites
and related systems are shown to display strong broad vibrational bands in
both first and second order. The modes derive from the entire phonon branch
involving the vibration of the oxygen ions in the MnO2 planes, ions which
participate in Jahn-Teller displacements. The strength and temperature depe
ndence of the second-order signal are shown to follow from conventional res
onance scattering; they do not support the model that invokes Frank-Condon
scattering.