Two types of adjacent dimer layers in the low temperature phase of BaCuSi2O6

Autor: Sheptyakov, D. V., Pomjakushin, V. Yu., Stern, R., Heinmaa, I., Nakamura, H., Kimura, T.
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Physical Review B 86, 014433 (2012)
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.014433
Popis: The low-temperature crystal structure of BaCuSi2O6 has been investigated with high-resolution synchrotron x-ray and neutron powder diffraction techniques and has been found to be on average (ignoring the incommensurate modulation) orthorhombic, with the most probable space group Ibam. The Cu-Cu dimers in this material are forming two types of layers with distinctly different interatomic distances. Subtle changes also modify the partially frustrated interlayer Cu-Cu exchange paths. The present results corroborate the interpretation of low-temperature nuclear magnetic resonance and inelastic neutron scattering data in terms of distinct dimer layers.
Databáze: arXiv