Time-resolved nonlinear optical spectroscopy of perovskites.

ABSTRACT

Ultrafast decay of optical phonons has been studied in wide-bandgap BaSnO3 and SrTiO3 perovskites using nonlinear spectroscopy with 120 femtosecond time resolution. The coherent Raman mode excitations have been selected and traced with tunable optical pulses. Decay of symmetry forbidden modes of vibrations have been detected directly in time. Phonon decay rates for the main LO- and TO- phonon modes have been found to be within 1.36-1.78 ps-1 and are explained in terms of parametric phonon interactions and pure dephasing mechanisms in the materials that are of interest in microelectronic applications.