Giant phonon softening in the pseudogap phase of the quantum spin system TiOCl
Giant phonon softening in the pseudogap phase of the quantum spin system TiOCl
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量子自旋系统 TiOCl 赝能隙相中的巨声子软化
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2004
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通讯作者:
F. Chou
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作者:
P. Lemmens;K. Choi;G. Caimi;L. Degiorgi;N. Kovaleva;A. Seidel;F. Chou
Giant anomalies are found in the temperature dependence of Raman-active phonons in the quantum magnet TiOCl, suggesting the presence of an extended fluctuation regime. This regime coincides with a pseudogap phase identified in earlier NMR experiments. The observed large, local spin-gap is proposed to origin from coupled spin/lattice fluctuations. Below 100 K, in the long-range crystallographically distorted phase, a dimerized ground state with a smaller, global spin-gap of about 2Dspin< 430 K exists. This transition also marks a dimensionality cross-over of the system.