NEUTRON SPECTROSCOPY OF THE CRYSTALLINE ELECTRIC-FIELD IN HIGH-TC YBBA2CU3O7

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GUILLAUME, M
ALLENSPACH, P
MESOT, J
STAUB, U
FURRER, A
OSBORN, R
TAYLOR, AD
STUCKI, F
UNTERNAHRER, P
机构
[1] RUTHERFORD APPLETON LAB,DIDCOT OX11 0QX,OXON,ENGLAND
[2] ASEA BROWN BOVERI CORP RES,CH-5404 BADEN,SWITZERLAND
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10.1016/0038-1098(92)90853-2
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
摘要
Inelastic neutron scattering has been employed to study the crystalline electric field (CEF) interaction in the high-T(c) superconductor YbBa2Cu3O7. The observed energy spectra exhibit three well defined CEF transitions at 88.5, 92.8 and 98.5 meV which completely determine the CEF splitting of the ground-state J-multiplet. A set of CEF parameters is derived which excellently reproduce the neutron spectroscopic data as well as the thermodynamic magnetic properties.
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