SPIN-WAVE ENERGY DISPERSION IN KCUF3 - NEARLY ONE-DIMENSIONAL SPIN-1/2 ANTI-FERROMAGNET

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作者
HUTCHINGS, MT [1 ]
IKEDA, H [1 ]
MILNE, JM [1 ]
机构
[1] OCHANOMIZU UNIV,FAC SCI,DEPT PHYS,TOKYO 112,JAPAN
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JOURNAL OF PHYSICS C-SOLID STATE PHYSICS | 1979年 / 12卷 / 18期
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10.1088/0022-3719/12/18/008
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
Using inelastic neutron scattering techniques, the spin wave energy dispersion in the (010) plane of the distorted perovskite KCuF3, which exhibits many magnetic properties of the spin-1/2 one-dimensional antiferromagnet, has been investigated at 4.7K (T N=39K). The measurements confirm the very strong exchange interaction between the spins in the (001) direction, and show that in this direction the expression for the excitation energies of the spin-1/2 antiferromagnetic chain given by des Cloizeaux and Pearson (1962) is obeyed. The exchange interaction between these chains is found to be only 1.6% of that within the chains.
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页码:L739 / L744
页数:6
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