Structural study and physical properties of a new phosphate KCuFe(PO4)2

Single crystals of a new phosphate KCuFe(PO₄)₂ have been prepared by the flux method and its structural and physical properties have been investigated. This compound crystallizes in the monoclinic system with the space group P2₁/n and its parameters are: a=7.958(3) Å, b=9.931(2) Å, c=9.039(2) Å, β=115.59(3)° and Z=4. Its structure consists of FeO₆ octahedra sharing corners with Cu₂O₈ units of edge-sharing CuO₅ polyhedra to form undulating chains extending infinitely along the b-axis. These chains are connected by the phosphate tetrahedra giving rise to a 3D framework with six-sided tunnels parallel to the [101] direction, where the K⁺ ions are located. The Mössbauer spectroscopy results confirm the exclusive presence of octahedral Fe³⁺ ions. The magnetic measurements show the compound to be antiferromagnetic with C_m=5.71 emu K/mol and θ=−156.5 K. The derived experimental effective moment μ_ex=6.76μ_B is somewhat higher than the theoretical one of μ_th=6.16μ_B, calculated taking only into account the spin contribution for Fe³⁺ and Cu²⁺ cations. Electrical measurements allow us to obtain the activation energy (1.22 eV) and the conductivity measurements suggest that the charge carriers through the structure are the potassium cations.     

Pressure dependence of Curie temperature in a selenazyl radical ferromagnet

The hydrostatic pressure response of T_C of the bisdiselenazolyl radical ferromagnet 1 up to 5 GPa was investigated by AC magnetic susceptibility measurements using a SQUID magnetometer and a miniature diamond anvil cell. It was found that the ambient pressure value of T_C = 17 K could be raised to 21 K at a pressure of 0.9 GPa. The experimental technique is described in detail and the pressure response is compared to that observed in related systems.     

Nuclear spin–spin constants,rotational g factor and susceptibility of sulphur hexafluoride

Following our previous study on spin–rotation and shielding constants of the SF₆ molecule, the rotational g factor and the magnetic susceptibility are calculated here, using ab initio methods to evaluate the electronic contribution to the nuclear hyperfine constants, and compared with experimental results. It is shown, for the first time, that the electronic component of the rotational g factor is proportional to a constant, which is given by a sum over electronic states. We also evaluate for the SF₆ molecule the indirect, or electron-coupled spin–spin interaction, theoretically described by Ramsey, and show that it gives non-negligible corrections to direct coupling constants d ₁ and d ₂. The contributions of the terms included in this interaction (DSO, PSO, SD and FC) are also analysed.     

高Verdet常数的Tb3+铝硼硅酸盐玻璃

本文研究了一种铝硼硅酸盐基质玻璃,通过加大单位体积的稀土离子浓度,并选择P值大的顺磁性Tb³⁺作为弗尔德常数贡献的主要离子,经反复试验研究,制定合理的熔制工艺,得到性能稳定的透明顺磁旋光玻璃。弗尔德常数V=-0.375/Oe·cm。是目前世界上弗尔德常数较高的磁旋光玻璃。     

Dynamical spin susceptibility of the d–p model in the over doping region

Dynamical spin susceptibility χ^s(q,ω) of the d–p model in the over doping region is investigated by using the auxiliary boson technique. It includes higher order terms of the 1/N-expansion within the random phase approximation (RPA) of the local vertex, where frequency dependence of the quasi-particle interaction is taken into account. The incommensurate spin fluctuation is obtained due to the nesting effect in the low energy region (ωω^*), whereas the commensurate one in the high energy region (ωω^*), the characteristic energy ω^* is estimated to be about 30 meV. Both of the spin–lattice relaxation rate 1/T₁ and the spin–spin relaxation rate 1/T_g monotonically increase as T decreases, while the spin Knight shift K is almost independent of T.     

碱金属原子双光子共振的能级与光谱

双光子共振增强了碱金属原子的非线性极化率，可以观测到多种非线性光学过程产生的非线性光谱，本文分析了有关的能级分布和光谱特点。     

Classical spin liquid properties of the infinite-component spin vector model on a fully frustrated two dimensional lattice

Thermodynamic quantities and correlation functions (CFs) of the classical antiferromagnet on the checkerboard lattice are studied for the exactly solvable infinite-component spin-vector model, D↦∞. In contrast to conventional two-dimensional magnets with continuous symmetry showing extended short-range order at distances smaller than the correlation length, r ξ _c∝ exp(T ^*/T), correlations in the checkerboard-lattice model decay already at the scale of the lattice spacing due to the strong degeneracy of the ground state characterized by a macroscopic number of strongly fluctuating local degrees of freedom. At low temperatures, spin CFs decay as < >∝ 1/r ² in the range a ₀≪r≪ξ _c∝T ^-1/2, where a₀ is the lattice spacing. Analytical results for the principal thermodynamic quantities in our model are very similar with MC simulations, exact and analytical results for the classical Heisenberg model (D = 3) on the pyrochlore lattice. This shows that the ground state of the infinite-component spin vector model on the checkerboard lattice is a classical spin liquid. Received 16 November 2001 and Received in final form 12 February 2002     

Magnetic properties of ball-milled Fe–Mn alloys

BCC, FCC and HCP phases in Fe–13.7 wt% Mn alloys were studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction, after ball milling. The relative amounts of the HCP and FCC phases increase with milling times up to 9 h and decline afterwards. Preliminary AC susceptibility measurements show that the blocking temperatures change for different milling times.     

spin-lattice relaxation in cobalt-containing aluminophosphate molecular sieves

Phosphorus spin-lattice relaxation was studied in aluminophosphate molecular sieves containing various concentrations of either framework or non-framework cobalt. The behaviour of nuclear magnetisation in the presence of these paramagnetic centres was described successfully in the limit of no spin-diffusion. The diffusionless regime was strongly indicated with non-exponential magnetisation recovery and was therefore easy to recognise. According to the model, spin-lattice relaxation rates depend on the square of cobalt concentration. Measured relaxation rates agreed well with calculations if effective cobalt concentration was considered rather than the average one. The latter was obtained by bulk elemental analysis, while the former was extracted from cobalt concentration depth-profiles measured with Auger electron spectroscopy. These measurements indicated that in impregnated samples containing non-framework cobalt there could be much more cobalt near the crystal surface than within the crystal. Because high cobalt concentration can lead to an invisible phosphorus, only nuclei deep within the crystal contribute to the NMR signal. In such a case, the effective concentration is simply the concentration of cobalt far from the crystal surface. In our case, two impregnated samples with different bulk cobalt concentrations exhibited equal relaxation rates. Previously, such a case was misinterpreted as a case, in which nuclear spin-lattice relaxation was independent of cobalt concentration. AES measurements, however, revealed, that although average concentrations of the two samples were different by a factor of two, their effective concentrations were equal and thus in complete agreement with observed relaxation rates.