Infrared investigation of the broken-symmetry ground state in GeCuO3

被引:14
作者
Musfeldt, JL
Wang, YJ
Jandl, S
Poirier, M
Revcolevschi, A
Dhalenne, G
机构
[1] FLORIDA STATE UNIV,NATL HIGH MAGNET FIELD LAB,TALLAHASSEE,FL 32306
[2] UNIV SHERBROOKE,DEPT PHYS,CTR RECH PHYS SOLIDE,SHERBROOKE,PQ J1K 2R1,CANADA
[3] UNIV PARIS 11,LAB CHIM SOLIDES,F-91405 ORSAY,FRANCE
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1996年 / 54卷 / 01期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.54.469
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
We report infrared transmission measurements of GeCuO3 single crystals as a function of applied magnetic field at temperatures above and below the 14 K spin-Peierls transition. in particular, interest has focused on the 311 cm(-1) feature, which seems to be either a magnetic excitation of the low-temperature broken-symmetry state or the result of a softened B-3u vibrational mode. Overall, our explorations of the various phase boundaries of the H-T phase diagram indicate most of the spin-lattice coupling is either very weak or takes place at lower energy scales than are probed in this experiment.
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页码:469 / 473
页数:5
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