109 research outputs found
Ab-initio Phonon Calculations for the layered compound TiOCl
We present first-principles frozen-phonon calculations for the three
Raman-active modes in the spin-1/2 layered TiOCl system within two
different well-known approaches: the local density approximation (LDA) and the
so-called LDA+U approximation. We observe that the inclusion of electron
correlation in a mean-field level as implemented in the LDA+U leads to a better
overall agreement with experimental results. We also discuss the implications
of the two approaches on the physics of TiOCl.Comment: Phys. Rev. B (Rapid Comm.) (in Press
Magnon splitting induced by charge ordering in NaV_2O_5
We consider the effects of charge ordering in NaV_2O_5 (below T_SP) on the
exchange constants and on the magnon dispersion. We show that the
experimentally observed splitting of the magnon branches along the a direction
is induced by charge ordering. We find that one can distinguish between the
proposed 'zig-zag' and 'in-line' patterns of charge ordering. Only the zig-zag
ordering is consistent with the experimental results regarding (i) the unusual
intensity modulation observed in magnetic neutron scattering, (ii) the
reduction in the intra-ladder exchange constant below T_SP, and (iii) the
magnon dispersion along a. We estimate the inter-ladder exchange constant to be
1.01meV=11.7K for T>T_SP.Comment: final version for PR
Electronic and magnetic structure of CsVO
We have studied the electronic structure of the spin-gapped system
CsVO by means of an ab initio calculation.
Our analysis and a re-examination of the susceptibility data indicate that
the behavior of this system is much closer to that of an alternating spin-1/2
antiferromagnetic chain with significant inter-dimer coupling and weaker
inter-chain couplings than that of isolated dimers as was initially proposed.
Comparison to the vanadate family members -NaVO,
-LiVO and isostructural compounds like
(VO)PO (VOPO) is discussed.Comment: revised version. To appear in Phys. Rev.
Effects of Fe substitution on the electronic, transport, and magnetic properties of ZnGaO: A systematic ab-initio study
We present a density functional study of Fe doped into the tetrahedral and
octahedral cation sites of the wide band gap spinel ZnGaO.
We calculate the electronic structure for different substitutions and discuss
the magnetic and transport properties for each case considering different
approximations for the exchange-correlation potential. We show that for certain
doped cases, significant differences in the predicted behavior are obtained
depending on the exchange correlation potential adopted. Possible applications
of the doped systems as magnetic semiconductors are outlined.Comment: 9 pages, 8 figures; to be published in Phys. Rev.
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