EFFECTS OF MAGNETIC TRANSITIONS ON THE OPTICAL-ENERGY GAP VALUES OF SOME I2.MN.IV.VI4 PHASES

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CHEN, XL
LAMARCHE, AM
LAMARCHE, G
WOOLLEY, JC
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[1] Ottawa-Carleton Inst. for Phys., Ottawa Univ., Ont.
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10.1088/0953-8984/5/38/010
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
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Optical absorption measurements were made to determine optical energy gap values as a function of temperature on samples Of Cu2MnGeS4, Cu2MnSiSe4 (both antiferromagnetic), Ag2MnGeSe4 and Ag2MnSiTe4 (both ferrimagnetic) with the orthorhombic structure, and of Ag2MnSiTe4 with the cubic structure (ferrimagnetic). These data were analysed to determine the contribution DELTAE to the energy gap due to magnetic effects in the temperature region around the critical temperature T(N). It was shown that the magnetic contribution increased the energy gap for the antiferromagnetic cases and decreased the energy gap for the ferrimagnetic ones. The variation of DELTAE with T was found to agree very well with the theoretical predictions of Alexander et al.
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