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Spin-Triplet Excitons in the Gapped Antiferromagnet BaCuSiO: Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Studies
BaCuSiO, a quantum antiferromagnet with a double-layer
structure of Cu ions in a distorted planar-rectangular coordination and
with a dimerized spin singlet ground state, is studied by means of the electron
paramagnetic resonance technique. It is argued that multiple absorptions
observed at low temperatures are intimately related to a thermally-activated
spin-triplet exciton superstructure. Analysis of the angular dependence of
exciton modes in BaCuSiO allows us to accurately estimate anisotropy
parameters. In addition, the temperature dependence of EPR intensity and
linewidth is discussed.Comment: Submitted to Phys. Rev.
Electron Spin Resonance in sine-Gordon spin chains in the perturbative spinon regime
We report the low-temperature multi-frequency ESR studies of copper
pyrimidine dinitrate, a spin-1/2 antiferromagnetic chain with alternating
-tensor and the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, allowing us to test a new
theoretical concept proposed recently by Oshikawa and Affleck [Phys. Rev. Lett.
82, 5136 (1999)]. Their theory, based on bosonization and the self-energy
formalism, can be applied for precise calculation of ESR parameters of
antiferromagnetic chains in the perturbative spinon regime. Excellent
quantitative agreement between the theoretical predictions and experiment is
obtained.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Excitation hierarchy of the quantum sine-Gordon spin chain in strong magnetic field
The magnetic excitation spectrum of copper pyrimidine dinitrate, a material
containing S=1/2 antiferromagnetic chains with alternating g-tensor and the
Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, and exhibiting a field-induced spin gap, is
probed using submillimeter wave electron spin resonance spectroscopy. Ten
excitation modes are resolved in the low-temperature spectrum, and their
frequency-field diagram is systematically studied in magnetic fields up to 25
T. The experimental data are sufficiently detailed to make a very accurate
comparison with predictions based on the quantum sine-Gordon field theory.
Signatures of three breather branches and a soliton, as well as those of
several multi-particle excitation modes are identified.Comment: 4 RevTeX pages, 3 figure
Magnetic excitations in the spin-1 anisotropic antiferromagnet
The spin-1 anisotropic antiferromagnet NiCl_2-4SC(NH2)_2 exhibits a
field-induced quantum phase transition that is formally analogous to
Bose-Einstein condensation. Here we present results of systematic high-field
electron spin resonance (ESR) experimental and theoretical studies of this
compound with a special emphasis on single-ion two-magnon bound states. In
order to clarify some remaining discrepancies between theory and experiment,
the frequency-field dependence of magnetic excitations in this material is
reanalyzed. In particular, a more comprehensive interpretation of the
experimental signature of single-ion two-magnon bound states is shown to be
fully consistent with theoretical results. We also clarify the structure of the
ESR spectrum in the so-called intermediate phase.Comment: 9 pages, 10 figure
Magnetic excitations in the spin-1/2 triangular-lattice antiferromagnet CsCuBr
We report on high-field electron spin resonance (ESR) studies of magnetic
excitations in the spin-1/2 triangular-lattice antiferromagnet CsCuBr.
Frequency-field diagrams of ESR excitations are measured for different
orientations of magnetic fields up to 25 T. We show that the substantial
zero-field energy gap, K, observed in the low-temperature
excitation spectrum of CsCuBr [Zvyagin , Phys. Rev. Lett. 112,
077206 (2014)], is present well above . Noticeably, the transition into
the long-range magnetically ordered phase does not significantly affect the
size of the gap, suggesting that even below the high-energy spin dynamics
in CsCuBr is determined by short-range-order spin correlations. The
experimental data are compared with results of model spin-wave-theory
calculations for spin-1/2 triangle-lattice antiferromagnet.Comment: 6 pages, 9 figure
Magnetic Excitations in the Spin-1 Anisotropic Heisenberg Antiferromagnetic Chain System NiCl-4SC(NH)
NiCl-4SC(NH) (DTN) is a quantum S=1 chain system with strong
easy-pane anisotropy and a new candidate for the Bose-Einstein condensation of
the spin degrees of freedom. ESR studies of magnetic excitations in DTN in
fields up to 25 T are presented. Based on analysis of the single-magnon
excitation mode in the high-field spin-polarized phase and previous
experimental results [Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 077204 (2006)], a revised set of
spin-Hamiltonian parameters is obtained. Our results yield K,
K, and K for the anisotropy, intrachain, and interchain exchange
interactions, respectively. These values are used to calculate the
antiferromagnetic phase boundary, magnetization and the frequency-field
dependence of two-magnon bound-state excitations predicted by theory and
observed in DTN for the first time. Excellent quantitative agreement with
experimental data is obtained
Long-range ferromagnetic dipolar ordering of high-spin molecular clusters
We report the first example of a transition to long-range magnetic order in a
purely dipolarly interacting molecular magnet. For the magnetic cluster
compound Mn6O4Br4(Et2dbm)6, the anisotropy experienced by the total spin S=12
of each cluster is so small that spin-lattice relaxation remains fast down to
the lowest temperatures, thus enabling dipolar order to occur within
experimental times at Tc = 0.16 K. In high magnetic fields, the relaxation rate
becomes drastically reduced and the interplay between nuclear- and
electron-spin lattice relaxation is revealed.Comment: 4 pages, 4 .eps figures; accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Let
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