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New phase diagram of Zn-doped CuGeO3

Condensed Matter 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

A series of high-quality single crystals of Cu1x_{1-x}Znx_xGeO3_3 have been examined by neutron scattering techniques. An antiferromagnetic (AF) ordering is confirmed for samples with x0.02x\geq 0.02, in complete agreement with previous reports. We show that the spin-Peierls (SP) phase transition persists to 6\% Zn, whereas previous magnetic susceptibility measurements reported a deterioration of the SP transition above 2\% Zn. We present some details of the successive transitions upon lowering temperature into the spin-Peierls phase which is followed by a transition into an antiferromagnetically ordered phase. Below the N\'eel temperature we observe the coexistence of the SP lattice dimerization and AF states.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9603185,
  title  = {New phase diagram of Zn-doped CuGeO3},
  author = {Y. Sasago and N. Koide and K. Uchinokura and Michael C. Martin and M. Hase and K. Hirota and G. Shirane},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9603185},
  year   = {2009}
}

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9 pages, RevTeX manuscript, 4 ps figures included. Submitted to Phys. Rev. B. Also available from http://insti.physics.sunysb.edu/~mmartin/pubs.html