Anomalous phonon lifetime shortening in paramagnetic CrN caused by spin-lattice coupling
A combined spin and ab initio molecular dynamics study
Irina Stockem (Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, Linköping University)
Anders Bergman (CEA-CNRS-INRIA-Universite Paris-Sud-Universite de Versailles)
Albert Glensk (Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung)
Tilmann Hickel (Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung)
Fritz Körmann (TU Delft - (OLD) MSE-7, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung)
Blazej Grabowski (Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung)
Jörg Neugebauer (Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung)
Björn Alling (Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, Linköping University)
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Abstract
We study the mutual coupling of spin fluctuations and lattice vibrations in paramagnetic CrN by combining atomistic spin dynamics and ab initio molecular dynamics. The two degrees of freedom are dynamically coupled, leading to nonadiabatic effects. Those effects suppress the phonon lifetimes at low temperature compared to an adiabatic approach. The dynamic coupling identified here provides an explanation for the experimentally observed unexpected temperature dependence of the thermal conductivity of magnetic semiconductors above the magnetic ordering temperature.