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Determining the Short-Range Spin Correlations in the Spin-Chain Li2CuO2 and CuGeO3 Compounds Using Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering

Henrik Moodysson Rønnow, Thorsten Schmitt
2013
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We report a high-resolution resonant inelastic soft x-ray scattering study of the quantum magnetic spin-chain materials Li2CuO2 and CuGeO3. By tuning the incoming photon energy to the oxygen K edge, a strong excitation around 3.5 eV energy loss is clearly resolved for both materials. Comparing the experimental data to many-body calculations, we identify this excitation as a Zhang-Rice singlet exciton on neighboring CuO4 plaquettes. We demonstrate that the strong temperature dependence of the inelastic scattering related to this high-energy exciton enables us to probe short-range spin correlations on the 1 meV scale with outstanding sensitivity. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.087403

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Henrik Moodysson Rønnow, Thorsten Schmitt
2013
Journal Articles

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/bebfeddb-b9b4-488f-b475-bb8e3d0fe68b

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