Spin waves and electronic interactions in La2CuO4

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作者
Coldea, R
Hayden, SM
Aeppli, G
Perring, TG
Frost, CD
Mason, TE
Cheong, SW
Fisk, Z
机构
[1] Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
[2] Rutherford Appleton Lab, ISIS Facil, Didcot OX11 0QX, Oxon, England
[3] Univ Bristol, HH Wills Phys Lab, Bristol BS8 1TL, Avon, England
[4] NEC Res Inst, Princeton, NJ 08540 USA
[5] Lucent Technol, Murray Hill, NJ 07974 USA
[6] Florida State Univ, Dept Phys, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.5377
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
The magnetic excitations of the square-lattice spin-1/2 antiferromagnet and high-ir, parent compound La2CuO4 are determined using high-resolution inelastic neutron scattering. Sharp spin waves with absolute intensities in agreement with theory including quantum corrections are found throughout the;Brillouin zone. The observed dispersion relation shows evidence for substantial interactions beyond the nearest-neighbor Heisenberg term which can be understood in terms of a cyclic or ring exchange due to the; strong hybridization path around the CU4O4 square plaquettes.
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