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Two-magnon Raman scattering from the Cu3O4 layers in (Sr,Ba)2Cu3O4Cl2

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2009-02-13 v2 Superconductivity

Abstract

(Sr2_{2},Ba2_{2})Cu3_{3}O4_{4}Cl2_{2} are antiferromagnetic insulators which are akin to the parent compounds of the cuprate superconductors but with two distinct magnetic ordering temperatures related to two magnetic CuI_{I} and CuII_{II} spin sublattices. Here we present a study of these materials by means of Raman spectroscopy. Following the temperature and polarization dependence of the data we readily identify two distinct features at around 3000 cm1^{-1} and 300 cm1^{-1} that are related to two-magnon scattering from the two sublattices. The estimated spin-exchange coupling constants for the CuI_{I} and CuII_{II} sublattices are found to be JI_{I}\sim139-143(132-136) meV and JII_{II}\sim14(11) meV for Sr(Ba) compounds. Moreover, we observe modes at around 480 and 445 cm1^{-1} for the Sr and Ba containing samples respectively, that disappears at the ordering temperature of the CuII_{II}. We argue that this modes may also be of magnetic origin and possibly related to interband transitions between the CuI_{I}-CuII_{II} sublattices.

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@article{arxiv.0804.1859,
  title  = {Two-magnon Raman scattering from the Cu3O4 layers in (Sr,Ba)2Cu3O4Cl2},
  author = {J. Holmlund and C. S. Knee and J. Andreasson and M. Granath and A. P. Litvinchuk and L. Borjesson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.1859},
  year   = {2009}
}

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7 pages, 8 figures

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