High-temperature structural phase transition in the LiCu2O2 multiferroic

The results of thermogravimetric, X-ray diffraction, and electrical studies of LiCu₂O₂ single crystals in the temperature range 300–1100 K are presented. A reversible first-order phase transition between the orthorhombic and tetragonal phases is found to occur in these single crystals at T = 993 K. A pronounced peak on a differential thermal analysis curve and jumps in the unit cell parameters and the electrical resistivity are detected at the phase-transition temperature. The data on the crystal structure of LiCu₂O₂ and the phase transition-induced change in the entropy determined in this work are used to conclude that the revealed phase transition is caused by the ordering-disordering of Li⁺ and Cu²⁺ cations in their structural positions.     

Magnetic structure of low-dimensional LiCu2O2 multiferroic according to 63,65Cu and 7Li NMR studies

The complex NMR study of the magnetic structure of LiCu₂O₂ multiferroic has been performed. It has been shown that the spin spirals in LiCu₂O₂ are beyond the ab, bc, and ac crystallographic planes. The external magnetic field applied along the c axis of the crystal does not change the spatial orientation of spirals in Cu²⁺ chains. A magnetic field of H ₀ = 94 kOe applied along the a and b axes rotates the planes of spin spirals in chains, tending to orient the normal n of spirals along the external magnetic field. The rotation angle of the planes of the magnetic moments are maximal at H ₀ ?? b.     

Magnetic and resonance properties of LiCu2O2 single crystals

We study the structural, magnetic, and resonance properties of LiCu₂O₂ single crystals grown by the spontaneous crystallization method. The data are interpreted on the assumption that the crystalline structure of the grown single crystals is orthorhombic. Long-range antiferromagnetic order sets in at temperatures below 22.5 K, while above this temperature the dependence of the magnetic susceptibility has a shape characteristic of interacting antiferromagnetic Heisenberg chains. We hypothesize that long-range magnetic order sets in below 22.5 K through the destruction of the ideal ladder structure of LiCu₂O₂ because of partial redistribution of copper and lithium ions at the crystal lattice sites and because of the presence of other defects in the crystalline structure. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 113, 1866–1876 (May 1998)     

Magnetic phase transition and magnetic structure of ground state in CsDyW O

Magnetic phase transition in the CsDyW₂O₈ magnet has been studied by means of low temperature specific heat C ( T ) measurements. The magnetic ordering temperature of the Dy³⁺ sublattice was established to be 1.34 K. The experimental results indicate on the antiferromagnetic character of interactions between Dy³⁺ ions. The behavior of the C ( T ) dependencies above and below T _N is discussed in frames of different theoretical models. The measurements data on temperature and field dependencies of magnetization are used to calculate the exchange and dipole-dipole interactions energy and to determine the possible magnetic structure of the ground state. Received 7 January 2002 / Received in final form 15 May 2002 Published online 7 September 2002     

耦合量子点中空穴基态反键态特性研究

本文采用六带K·P理论计算了耦合量子点在不同耦合距离下空穴基态特性, 探讨了轻重空穴及轨道自旋相互作用对耦合量子点空穴基态反成键态特性的影响. 在考虑多带耦合的情况下, 耦合量子点随着耦合强度的变化, 价带基态能级和激发态能级发生反交叉现象. 同时, 随着耦合距离的增加, 量子点基态轻重空穴波函数的比重发生变化,导致量子点空穴基态波函数从成键态反转成为反成键态. 同时研究发现, 因空穴基态及激发态波函数特性的转变, 电子、空穴的基态及激发态波函数的叠加强度发生的明显变化. 关键词： 耦合量子点 反键态 多带理论 自旋轨道耦合     

Competition between helimagnetism and commensurate quantum spin correlations in LiCu2O2

Neutron diffraction and bulk measurements are used to determine the nature of the low-temperature ordered state in LiCu2O2, a S=1/2 spin-chain compound with competing interactions. The spin structure is found to be helimagnetic, with a propagation vector (0.5,zeta,0), zeta=0.174. The nearest-neighbor exchange constant and frustration ratio are estimated to be J(1)=5.8 meV and J(2)/J(1)=0.29, respectively. For idealized quantum spin chains, these parameter values would signify a gapped spin-liquid ground state with commensurate spin correlations. The observed temperature dependence of the magnetic propagation vector in LiCu2O2 is attributed to a competition between incommensurate helimagnetism in the classical spin model and commensurability in the quantum case. It is also proposed that long-range ordering in LiCu2O2 is facilitated by intrinsic nonstoichiometry.     

Exact ground state of a spin ladder with a quantum phase transition

We introduce a spin ladder with Ising interactions along the legs and intrinsically frustrated Heisenberg-like ferromagnetic interactions on the rungs. The model is solved exactly in the subspaces relevant for the ground state by mapping to the quantum Ising model, and we show that a first order quantum phase transition separates the classical from quantum regime, with the spin correlations on the rungs being either ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic, and different spin excitations in both regimes. The present case resembles the quantum phase transition found in the compass model in one and two dimensions.     

Quantum to classical transition in the ground state of a spin-S quantum antiferromagnet

We study a frustrated spin-S staggered-dimer Heisenberg model on square lattice by using the bond-operator representation for quantum spins, and investigate the emergence of classical magnetic order from the quantum mechanical (staggered-dimer singlet) ground state for increasing S. Using triplon analysis, we find the critical couplings for this quantum phase transition to scale as 1 /S(S + 1). We extend the triplon analysis to include the effect of quintet dimer-states, which proves to be essential for establishing the classical order (Néel or collinear in the present study) for large S, both in the purely Heisenberg case and also in the model with single-ion anisotropy.     

基态和激发态氧振动光谱的量子力学计算

利用分子势能函数的Murrell-Sorbie和PG函数形式,将时域有限差分法应用基态和激发态氧分子的振动能级的量子力学计算,计算结果令人满意.     

Magnetic ground state of pure and doped CeFe2

A combination of neutron elastic and inelastic, resonant x-ray scattering, and 57Fe M?ssbauer experiments are used to determine the unusual magnetic ground state of CeFe2. The complementarities between different time-scale techniques may allow one to understand the dynamic features of the ground state in CeFe2 and its pseudobinary compounds, and how the frustration of Fe tetrahedra leads the appearance of antiferromagnetic fluctuations in the presence of ferrimagnetism. The resulting model can be used to rationalize many of the unusual and conflicting experimental results reported for this material in the literature.     

应用多尺度纠缠重整化算法研究量子自旋系统的量子相变和基态纠缠

应用多尺度纠缠重整化算法模拟自旋为1/2的一维量子XYX模型,通过计算局域序参量和度量纠缠的单缠节(one-tangle)、并发纠缠(concurrence)和纠缠比率R,确定系统的基态相图和纠缠相图.发现系统的纠缠相图比基态相图包含更多的物理信息.另外,从局域序参量和能隙与外磁场的标度关系,萃取出与磁化率和关联长度有关的临界指数β和v.     

Spin-lattice interaction in the quasi-one-dimensional helimagnet LiCu2O2

The field dependence of the electron spin resonance in a helimagnet LiCu2O2 was investigated for the first time. In the paramagnetic state, a broad resonance line was observed corresponding to a g factor of 2.3. In the critical regime, around the paramagnetic to helimagnetic phase transition the resonance broadens and shifts to higher frequencies. A narrow signal is recovered at a low temperature, corresponding to a spin gap of 1.4 meV in zero field. A comprehensive model of the magnons is presented, using exchange parameters from neutron scattering [T. Masuda Phys. Rev. B 72, 014405 (2005)10.1103/PhysRevB.72.014405] and the spin anisotropy determined here. The role of the quantum fluctuations is discussed.     

On the Theory of Magnetoelectric Coupling in LiCu 2 O 2

A microscopic theory is proposed for coupling of copper spins with an external electric field in the magnetically ordered phase of LiCu2O2. The expressions are derived for the dipole moment components of exchange-coupled pairs of copper spins, as well as expressions for describing the macroscopic polarization in terms of the angles determining spatial orientations of spin rotation planes (helixes) in copper bichains. It is shown that zero electric polarization in isostructural compound NaCu2O2 can be explained by the difference in the spin structures in NaCu2O2 and LiCu2O2.     

Magnetic fluctuations at a field-induced quantum phase transition

We report an inelastic neutron-scattering study at the field-induced magnetic quantum phase transition of CeCu5.8Au0.2. The data can be described better by the spin-density-wave scenario than by a local quantum critical point, while the latter scenario was shown to be applicable to the zero-field concentration-tuned quantum phase transition in CeCu6-xAux for x=0.1. This constitutes direct microscopic evidence for a difference in the quantum fluctuation spectra at a magnetic quantum critical point driven by different tuning parameters.     

Magnetic ground state of coupled edge-sharing CuO2 spin chains

By means of density functional theory, we investigate the magnetic ground state of edge-sharing CuO2 spin chains, as found in the (La,Ca,Sr)14Cu24O41 system, for instance. Our data rely on spin-polarized electronic structure calculations including on-site interaction [local density approximation plus the multiorbital mean-field Hubbard model (LDA+U)] and an effective model for the interchain coupling. Strong doping dependence of the magnetic order is characteristic for edge-sharing CuO2 spin chains. We determine the ground state magnetic structure as function of the spin-chain filling and quantify the competing exchange interactions.     

Magnetic field effect on state energies and transition frequency of a strong-coupling polaron in an anisotropic quantum dot

By employing a variational method of the Pekar-type, which has different variational parameters in the x–y plane and the z-direction, we study the ground and the first excited state energies and transition frequency between the ground and the first excited states of a strong-coupling polaron in an anisotropic quantum dot (AQD) under an applied magnetic field along the z-direction. The effects of the magnetic field and the electron–phonon coupling strength are taken into account. It is found that the ground and the first excited state energies and the transition frequency are increasing functions of the external applied magnetic field. The ground state and the first excited state energies are decreasing functions, whereas transition frequency is an increasing function of the electron–phonon coupling strength. We find two ways of tuning the state energies and the transition frequency: by adjusting (1) the magnetic field and (2) the electron–phonon coupling strength.     

Magnetic state of the GdFeTi2O7 compound

The X-ray diffraction, M?ssbauer, calorimetric, and magnetic characteristics of zirconolite GdFeTi₂O₇ have been measured to determine the ground magnetic state. A kink dependent on the magnetic prehistory of the sample has been revealed in the temperature dependence of the magnetic moment at T = 3 K. M?ssbauer spectroscopy has confirmed the nonequivalence of the iron ion positions in GdFeTi₂O₇. The experimental data obtained allow the conclusion on the formation of a spin glass state with the freezing temperature T _f = 3 K in the GdFeTi₂O₇ compound.     

Electromagnons in multiferroic YMn2O5 and TbMn2O5

Based on temperature dependent far infrared transmission spectra of YMn2O5 and TbMn2O5 single crystals, we report the observation of electric dipole-active magnetic excitations, or electromagnons, in these multiferroics. Electromagnons are found to be directly responsible for the steplike anomaly of the static dielectric constant at the commensurate--incommensurate magnetic transition and are the origin of the colossal magneto-dielectric effect reported in these multiferroics.