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The Raman peak position and linewidth provide insight into phonon anharmonicity and electron-phonon interactions (EPI) in materials. For monolayer graphene, prior first-principles calculations have yielded decreasing linewidth with…
We use inelastic light scattering to study Sr$_{1-x}$Na$_x$Fe$_2$As$_2$ ($x\approx0.34$), which exhibits a robust tetragonal magnetic phase that restores the four-fold rotation symmetry inside the orthorhombic magnetic phase. With cooling,…
We report complex dielectric and Raman spectroscopy measurements in four samples of $\alpha$- Fe$_2$O$_3$, consisting of crystallites which are either hexagonal shaped plates or cuboids. All four samples exhibit the spin reorientation…
Raman spectra of rhombohedral boron monosulfide (r-BS) were measured under pressures up to 34 GPa at room temperature. No pressure-induced structural phase transition was observed, while strong pressure shift of Raman bands towards higher…
We report on the lattice and spin dynamics in the monopnictide CrAs using polarized Raman scattering. This system exhibits a first-order magneto-structural phase transition at T_N~ 265 K, below which the magnetic moments of Cr form an…
Thanks to their highly coherent emission and compact form factor, single axial mode diamond Raman lasers have been identified as a valuable asset for applications including integrated quantum technology, high resolution spectroscopy or…
We have found that the polarization dependence of Raman scattering in organic crystals at finite temperatures can only be described by a fourth-rank formalism. This generalization of the second-rank Raman tensor $\mathcal{R}$ stems from the…
Phonon anharmonicity is ubiquitous in real materials and is crucial for understanding thermal properties and phase stability. In this work, we show that anharmonic phonon modes can be obtained by maximizing their vibration stability during…
This study explores the pressure evolution of the double perovskite Ba$_2$NiTeO$_6$ by employing experimental and computational techniques. For the study of structural and vibrational properties, synchrotron X-ray diffraction (XRD) and…
Polarized Raman, IR and time-domain THz spectroscopy of orthorhombic lead zirconate single crystals yielded a comprehensive picture of temperature-dependent quasiharmonic frequencies of its low-frequency phonon modes. It is argued that…
In the present work, Raman and photoluminescence spectroscopies were used to study the dynamics of phonons and different excitons of MoS$_2$ bilayer under a rotation of 29$^{\circ}$ dependent of the temperature. The twisted bilayer (T-2L)…
We present temperature-, magnetic-field-, and pressure-dependent Raman scattering studies of single crystal Mn3O4, combined with temperature- and field-dependent x-ray diffraction studies, revealing the novel magnetostructural phases in…
Titanium trisulfide (TiS3) has recently attracted the interest of the 2D community as it presents a direct bandgap of ~1.0 eV, shows remarkable photoresponse, and has a predicted carrier mobility up to 10000 cm2V-1 s-1. However, a study of…
Micro-Raman spectroscopy has been used to study lattice dynamics associated with the ferroelectric domains of a BiFeO$_3$ single crystal at low temperature. The phonon assignment shows a large frequency splitting between the transverse and…
We treat resonant Raman scattering via the multiphonon exciton transitions in cylindrical quantum dots with a parabolic confinement in the lateral direction and with a finite rectangular interface-barrier confinement in the axial direction.…
Amongst the X(Sn,Pb)Y$_3$ perovskites currently under scrutiny for their photovoltaic applications, the cubic B-$\alpha$ phase of CsSnI$_3$ is arguably the best characterized experimentally. Yet, according to the standard harmonic theory of…
Sodium niobate (NaNbO3) exhibits most complex sequence of structural phase transitions in perovskite family and therefore provides as excellent model system for understanding the mechanism of structural phase transitions. We report…
The class of layered 3D-topological insulators have shown intriguingly anomalous temperature dependence in their thermal expansion coefficients. It was proposed that stacking faults are the origin of the observed anomalous thermal…
Structural phase transition can occur due to complex mechanisms other than simple dynamical instability, especially when the parent and daughter structure is of low dimension. This article reports such an inversion symmetry-breaking…
Molybdenum sulfides are in the spotlight of materials science thanks to their interesting properties for applications in optoelectronics, nanocomposites, lubricants, and catalysis. The structural characterization of Molybdenum sulfides is a…