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Franziska Hammerath
Leibniz Institute for Solid State Research, Dresden Germany

Unusual NMR Line Broadening and Spin Gap in the Zigzag S=1/2 Spin Chain Compound Sr1-xCaxCuO2

Vrijeme:   utorak, 15. 11. 2011., 14:15 sati (točno)
Mjesto:    Fizički odsjek, Bijenička c. 32, predavaonica F201

We present 63Cu Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) measurements on undoped SrCuO2 and Ca-doped Sr0:9Ca0:1CuO2 single crystals. The crystal structure contains one-dimensional CuO2 double chains that are magnetically decoupled due to frustration. The system orders magnetically only below _2 K. Nevertheless, the Cu NMR spectra broaden already at temperatures below 100K and show an anomalous two peak structure at low temperatures, which are still far above the magnetic ordering temperature. For the Ca-doped sample, this broadening is reduced. The reason for this unusual broadening is not known, but a similar broadening has been reported for the single chain compound Sr2CuO3.

The Cu NMR spin-lattice relaxation rate, T1-1 , is temperature independent for SrCuO2, as it is expected for a one-dimensional S=1/2 Heisenberg spin chain. Doping with nonmagnetic, isovalent Ca takes place on the Sr sites outside the spin chains, and should not a_ect the magnetic properties of the compound. It is therefore very surprising that we do observe a decrease of T1-1 in Ca-doped Sr0.9Ca0.1CuO2 for temperatures below 90K that clearly evidences the opening of a gap in the spin excitation spectrum. Density Matrix Renormalization Group (DMRG) calculations of the
J1-J2 Heisenberg model are presented to discuss the origin of this spin gap.
 
[1] F. Hammerath et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 017203 (2011).
 
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