Mössbauer spectroscopy of ferromagnetic oxygen-rich dicalcium cuprate Ca2CuO3+δ

Hyperfine Interactions - Stoichiometric Ca2CuO3 qualifies as a low-dimensional antiferromagnet. Nonetheless, oxygenated sintered samples of high-purity Ca2CuO3+δ, δ? 0.17, exhibited...     

Origin of the forbidden phonons in Raman scattering spectra of uranium‐doped Ca2CuO3, a spin 1/2 chain system

The Raman scattering spectra of uranium‐doped Ca₂CuO₃ were investigated. The small doping of uranium (≤5%) in this one‐dimensional spin 1/2 chain system induced three new first‐order scattering bands and two new multiphonon bands in the structure of forbidden phonons. The first‐order bands were found to agree well with the existing theoretical results from the ab initio and tight‐binding calculation. Among them, the 470 and 665 cm⁻¹ bands appeared as the basic wavenumbers of which the multiphonon overtones were composed. The grain size effect in this strongly anisotropic system was proposed not to originate from the classical phonon confinement but rather as a result of the segmentation of one‐dimensional spin chains due to doping, which in turn allowed the new vibrational modes and implied the appearance of higher overtones in the scattering spectra. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Resonance Raman spectra of M-anions of metalloporphyrins

Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 53, No. 4, pp. 576–584, October, 1990.     

Resonance Raman spectra of highly oriented trans polyacetylene

Resonant Raman spectra of highly oriented trans polyacetylene have been obtained for different scattering configurations at various exciting wavelengths. The polarization properties of the Raman active phonons have been determined for the first time. The changes in the Raman bandshapes observed upon changing the scattering configuration seem to imply that the dispersion of the Raman bands originates from a distribution of conjugation lengths.     

Indirect electric field doping of the CuO2 planes of the cuprate NdBa2Cu3O7 superconductor

The mechanism of field-effect doping in the 123 high critical temperature superconductors (HTS) has been investigated by x-ray absorption spectroscopy in the presence of an electric field. We demonstrate that holes are created at the CuO chains of the charge reservoir and that field-effect doping of the CuO(2) planes occurs by charge transfer, from the chains to the planes, of a fraction of the overall induced holes. The electronic properties of the charge reservoir and of the dielectric-HTS interface determine the electric field doping of the CuO(2) planes.     

EPR Study of Triplet Defects in Ca2CuO3

Ca₂CuO₃ is an essentially diamagnetic oxide, in spite of its EPR spectrum. The latter is similar to literature spectra attributed to dimers or clusters formed by copper ions. A model based on the formation of triplet-state defects involving two neighbor copper ions is then discussed to explain these experimental observations. These defects would also propagate in the crystal and interact with each other.     

Resonance Raman spectra of carbon nanotubes by cross-polarized light

Resonance Raman studies on single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) show that resonance with cross polarized light, i.e., with the E(mu,mu+/-1) van Hove singularities in the joint density of states needs to be taken into account when analyzing the Raman and optical absorption spectra from isolated SWNTs. This study is performed by analyzing the polarization, laser energy, and diameter dependence of two Raman features, the tangential modes (G band) and a second-order mode (G' band), at the isolated SWNT level.     

Spin gap in the zigzag spin-1/2 chain cuprate Sr(0.9)Ca(0.1)CuO(2)

We report a comparative study of (63)Cu nuclear magnetic resonance spin lattice relaxation rates T(1)(-1) on undoped SrCuO(2) and Ca-doped Sr(0.9)Ca(0.1)CuO(2) spin chain compounds. A temperature independent T(1)(-1) is observed for SrCuO(2) as expected for an S=1/2 Heisenberg chain. Surprisingly, we observe an exponential decrease of T(1)(-1) for T<90 K in the Ca-doped sample evidencing the opening of a spin gap. The data analysis within the J(1)-J(2) Heisenberg model employing density-matrix renormalization group calculations suggests an impurity driven small alternation of the J(2)-exchange coupling as a possible cause of the spin gap.     

Ca2CuO3的高压结构性质研究

 采用金刚石压砧高压装置（DAC）,对具有Cu—O链结构的Ca₂CuO₃的多晶粉末样品进行了高压同步辐射能散X射线衍射实验。实验结果表明,在0～34 GPa压力范围内,Ca₂CuO₃晶体没有发生结构相变,用Birch-Murnaghan状态方程拟合,得到在压力导数B′₀=4时,零压体弹模量B₀=165.4±1.8 GPa。     

Negative quantum interference between the electronic Raman scattering processes of CuO chains and CuO2 planes of heavily overdoped (Y, Ca)Ba2Cu3O(7-delta)

We found a strong X-Y anisotropy of the pair-breaking peak in the Raman scattering of heavily overdoped (Y, Ca)Ba2Cu3O(7-delta) (T(c) = 65 K). The pair-breaking peak is radically suppressed in the YY-polarized spectrum. We ascribe this anomaly to the effect of quantum interference between the Raman processes of the CuO-chain and the CuO2-plane electronic excitations that might take place as a result of the increase in the transfer matrix due to overdoping.     

IR and Raman spectra of Ca8La2(VO4)6O2

The IR and Raman spectra of the oxyapatite Ca₈La₂(VO₄)₆O₂ has been measured and discussed in comparison with those of related species. Data for Ca₈La₂(PO₄)₆O₂ and for a solid solution of composition Ca₈La₂(PO₄)₆O₂ are also reported.     

The influence of anisotropy of exchange interactions on the magnetic properties of the Li2CuO2 cuprate

A quantum spin model with competing ferro- and antiferromagnetic exchange interactions was studied. The model described a special class of quasi-one-dimensional cuprates. The influence of anisotropy of exchange interactions on the properties of the model was analyzed. It was shown that, under certain conditions, the ferromagnetic state was the ground state, and the spectrum of excitations was characterized by the presence of bound magnon states. The results are used to analyze the magnetic properties of the Li₂CuO₂ quasi-one-dimensional cuprate.     

The Raman spectra of CdI2

Raman scattering experiments on CdI₂ at high sensitivity give evidence of several new lines in addition to well known ones. The measurements performed at different temperatures allow us to distinguish between one phonon spectrum and two phonon one. The assignment of the new lines associated to one phonon scattering is also discussed.     

Universality of single-particle spectra of cuprate superconductors

All the available data for the dispersion and linewidth of the single-particle spectra above the superconducting gap and the pseudogap in metallic cuprates for any doping have universal features. The linewidth is linear in energy below a scale omega(c) and constant above. The cusp in the linewidth at omega(c) mandates, due to causality, a waterfall, i.e., a vertical feature in the dispersion. These features are predicted by a recent microscopic theory. We find that all data can be quantitatively fitted by the theory with a coupling constant lambda(0) and an upper cutoff at omega(c), which vary by less than 50% among the different cuprates and for varying dopings. The microscopic theory also gives these values to within factors of O(2).     

Shedding light onto the spectra of lime: Raman and luminescence bands of CaO,Ca(OH)2 and CaCO3

In microscopy studies of 19^th‐century cement stone, we found free lime in the form of darkened spherical structures, as they were described in the literature already. When trying to determine their phase composition by Raman spectroscopy, we encountered contradictive assignments in literature spectra of the lime phases CaO, Ca(OH)₂ and CaCO₃ and observed strong spectral features that have been ignored or erroneously assigned so far. In this study we present Raman spectra of pure lime phases and of a naturally grown calcite crystal, burnt limestone (quick lime, mainly CaO), aged slaked lime putty (mainly Ca(OH)₂), and carbonated lime putty (mainly CaCO₃). Based on the results, we shed light mainly onto these two questions: (1) Does CaO have a Raman spectrum? (2) Which features in the spectra are luminescence bands that could be (and already have been) misinterpreted as Raman bands? We proof our assignment of luminescence bands in lime phases by using three different laser wavelengths for excitation, and give hypotheses on the origin of the luminescence as well as practical advices on how to identify these misleading features in Raman spectra. This article is mainly addressed to users of Raman spectroscopy in different fields of material analysis who might not be aware of the presence of interfering bands in their spectra. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.