Temperature dependence of the pre-edge structure in the Ti K-edge x-ray absorption spectrum of rutile

Olivier Durmeyer (1) , Eric Beaurepaire (1) , Jean-Paul Kappler (1) , Christian Brouder (2) , François Baudelet (3)

1 IPCMS - Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg
2 IMPMC - Institut de minéralogie et de physique des milieux condensés
3 SSOLEIL - Synchrotron SOLEIL

The temperature dependence of the pre-edge features in x-ray absorption spectroscopy is reviewed. Then, the temperature dependence of the pre-edge structure at the K-edge of titanium in rutile TiO2 is measured at low and room temperature. The first two peaks grow with temperature. The fact that these two peaks also correspond to electric quadrupole transitions is explained by a recently proposed theory.

Mots clés: x-ray absorption; vibrations; rutile; TiO2

Domaines: Science des matériaux [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]

Olivier Durmeyer, Eric Beaurepaire, Jean-Paul Kappler, Christian Brouder, François Baudelet. Temperature dependence of the pre-edge structure in the Ti K-edge x-ray absorption spectrum of rutile. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2010, 22 (12), pp.125504. ⟨10.1088/0953-8984/22/12/125504⟩. ⟨hal-00440841⟩