Using single crystal inelastic neutron scattering with and without application of an external magnetic field and powder neutron diffraction, we have characterized magnetic interactions in Ba$_3$Cr$_2$O$_8$. Even without field, we found that there exist three singlet-to-triplet excitation modes in $(h,h,l)$ scattering plane. Our complete analysis shows that the three modes are due to spatially anisotropic interdimer interactions that are induced by local distortions of the tetrahedron of oxygens surrounding the Jahn-Teller active Cr$^{5+} (3d^1)$. The strong intradimer coupling of $J_0 = 2.38(2)$ meV and weak interdimer interactions ($|J_{\rm inter}| \leq 0.52(2)$ meV) makes Ba$_3$Cr$_2$O$_8$ a good model system for weakly-coupled $s = 1/2$ quantum spin dimers.
Ferromagnetically coupled Shastry-Sutherland quantum spin singlets in (CuCl)LaNb$_2$O$_7$
利用非弹性中子散射、X射线、中子衍射和第一性原理计算技术,我们证明了二维量子自旋系统(CuCl)$_2$的晶体结构是正交的,具有$Pbam$对称性,其中$_4$八面体从它们的高对称位置倾斜,Cu $^{2+} (s = 1/2)$离子形成畸变的正方形晶格.主要的磁相互作用是第四近邻反铁磁相互作用,具有Cu-Cl--Cl-Cu交换路径,这导致自旋单线态的形成。单态之间的两个最强相互作用是铁磁性的,这使得(CuCl)LaNb $_2$ O $_7$成为第一个铁磁耦合Shastry-Sutherland量子自旋单态系统。
Inhomogeneous ordering in weakly coupled Heisenberg $S=1/2$ chains with random bonds
在$μ$ SR实验中研究了准一维无规键反铁磁体BaCu $_2$(Si $_{1-x}$ Ge $_{x}$)$_2$ O $_7$中长程磁有序随无序强度的变化.与无无序母体材料相比,饱和有序矩被发现大大降低。此外,即使在弱无序的物种,磁有序状态被证明是高度不均匀的。结果解释弱耦合随机自旋链,由``无限随机``不动点。
Decoherence of the Kondo Singlet via a Quantum Point Contact Detector
研究了电容耦合量子点接触探测器对量子点晶体管近藤单态电荷测量的影响。通过对量子点单重态基态的变分分析,结合耦合系统的密度矩阵公式,我们证明了量子点接触处的透射/反射系数的相敏探测和幅敏探测都破坏了相干Kondo单重态.我们认为,退相干率的相位敏感分量可以解释Avinun-Kalish { \em et al.}(Phys. Rev. Lett. { \bf 92},156801(2004))。我们还讨论了量子点接触探测器的散粒噪声和量子点的退相干的相关性。