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Circularly polarized x-ray scattering investigation of spin-lattice coupling in TbMnO3 in crossed electric and magnetic fields

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 88:21 (2013)

Authors:

HC Walker, F Fabrizi, L Paolasini, F De Bergevin, D Prabhakaran, AT Boothroyd, DF McMorrow

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We present a study of the magnetic and crystallographic structure of TbMnO3 in the presence of crossed electric and magnetic fields using circularly polarized x-ray nonresonant scattering. A comprehensive account is presented of the scattering theory and data analysis methods used in our earlier studies, and in addition we present interesting high magnetic field data and its analysis. We discuss in detail how polarization analysis was used to reveal structural information, including the arrangement of Tb moments which we proposed for H=0 T, and how the diffraction data for HHC as for H
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Terahertz frequency electromagnon and magnon modes in multiferroic cupric oxide

International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz (2013)

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SPP Jones, S Gaw, D Prabhakaran, AT Boothroyd, J Lloyd-Hughes

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We examined the terahertz magnetoelectric response of cupric oxide, a high-temperature multiferroic with a cycloidal spin structure that induces an electrical polarisation. Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy at various temperatures and magnetic fields uncovered electromagnon and magnon modes, providing insights into the spin Hamiltonian. © 2013 IEEE.
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Hour-glass magnetic spectrum arising from a striped cluster spin-glass ground state in La1.75Sr0.25CoO4

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 88:16 (2013)

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SM Gaw, EC Andrade, M Vojta, CD Frost, DT Adroja, D Prabhakaran, AT Boothroyd

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We report inelastic neutron scattering results that reveal an hour-glass magnetic excitation spectrum in La1.75Sr0.25CoO 4. The magnetic spectrum is similar to that observed previously in La1.67Sr0.33CoO4, but the spectral features are broader. We show that the spectrum of La1.75Sr 0.25CoO4 can be modelled by the spin dynamics of a system with a disordered cluster spin glass ground state. Bulk magnetization measurements are presented that support the proposed glassy ground state. The observations reiterate the importance of quasi-one-dimensional magnetic correlations and disorder for the hour-glass spectrum, and suggest that disordered spin and charge stripes exist at lower doping in La 2-xSrxCoO4 than previously thought. © 2013 American Physical Society.
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Erratum: Photoinduced melting of the orbital order in La 0.5Sr1.5MnO4 measured with 4-fs laser pulses (Physical Review B (2013) 88 (075107) DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.88.075107)

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 88:15 (2013)

Authors:

R Singla, A Simoncig, M Först, D Prabhakaran, AL Cavalieri, A Cavalleri
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Crystal-field states of Pr3+ in the candidate quantum spin ice Pr2Sn2O7

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 88:10 (2013)

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AJ Princep, D Prabhakaran, AT Boothroyd, DT Adroja

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Neutron time-of-flight spectroscopy has been employed to study the crystal-field splitting of Pr3+ in the pyrochlore stannate Pr 2Sn2O7. The crystal field has been parameterized from a profile fit to the observed neutron spectrum. The single-ion ground state is a well-isolated non-Kramers doublet of Γ3+ symmetry with a large Ising-like anisotropy, χzz/ χ⊥≈60 at 10 K, but with a significant admixture of terms |MJ≠±J, which can give rise to quantum zero-point fluctuations. This magnetic state satisfies the requirements for quantum spin-ice behavior. © 2013 American Physical Society.
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