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The sequence of phase transitions and the symmetry of in particular the low temperature incommensurate and spin-Peierls phases of the quasi one-dimensional inorganic spin-Peierls system TiOX (TiOBr and TiOCl) have been studied using…
We investigated the spin-lattice coupling in orthorhombic pseudobrookite FeTi2O5 single crystal with highly ordered $ Fe^{2+} / Ti^{4+}$ occupation, which consists of quasi-1D S=2 chains running along a-axis. Both the magnetization and…
The electronic properties of quarter-filled organic materials showing spin-Peierls transition are investigated theoretically. By studying the one-dimensional extended Peierls-Hubbard model analytically as well as numerically, we find that…
We used femtosecond optical spectroscopy to study ultrafast spin and orbital ordering dynamics in the antiferromagnetic Mott insulator $\alpha$-Sr$_2$CrO$_4$. This chromate system possesses multiple spin and orbital ordered phases, and…
The ferrimagnetic spinel $\mathrm{CoV_2O_4}$ has been a topic of intense recent interest, both as a frustrated insulator with unquenched orbital degeneracy and as a near-itinerant magnet which can be driven metallic with moderate applied…
Lattice and magnetic dynamics of NiWO$_4$ single crystals were studied with the use of polarized Raman spectroscopy in a wide temperature range of 10-300 K including the antiferromagnetic ordering temperature $T_N$=62 K. Static magnetic…
We investigated the magnetic and structural properties of the quasi-one dimensional 3$d^1$-quantum chain system TiPO$_4$ ($J \sim$ 965 K) by magnetic susceptibility, heat capacity, ESR, x-ray diffraction, NMR measurements, and by density…
$^{75}$As NMR measurements were performed on a polycrystalline sample of spin-1/2 alternating-spin-chain Heisenberg antiferromagnet AgVOAsO$_4$. Temperature-dependent NMR shift $K(T)$, which is a direct measure of the intrinsic spin…
Frustrated magnetic systems exhibit highly degenerate ground states and strong fluctuations, often leading to new physics. An intriguing example of current interest is the antiferromagnet on a diamond lattice, realized physically in A-site…
The magnetization processes of the spin-3/2 antiferromagnet LiInCr4O8 comprising a "breathing" pyrochlore lattice, which is an alternating array of small and large tetrahedra, are studied under ultrahigh magnetic fields of up to 130 T using…
Increasing the spin coherence time (T2) is a major area of interest for spin defect systems such as the silicon (V$_Si$) and carbon (V$^\pm _C$) vacancies in 4H-SiC. Usually as temperature increases, T2 decreases due to the thermal bath.…
Temperature-dependent x-ray diffraction of the low-dimensional spin 1/2 quantum magnet TiOBr shows that the phase transition at T_{c2} = 47.1 (4) K corresponds to the development of an incommensurate superstructure. Below T_{c1} = 26.8 \pm…
We report on the spin waves and crystal field excitations in single crystal LiFePO$_4$ by inelastic neutron scattering over a wide range of temperatures, below and above the antiferromagnetic transition of this system. In particular, we…
Effects of disorder and external field on the competing spin-Peierls and antiferromagnetic states are studied theoretically in terms of the numerical transfer matrix method applied to a quasi one-dimensional spin 1/2 Heisenberg model…
The existence of rich Fermiology in anomalous metal phase in exotic superconductors has attracted considerable interests, as exemplified in copper, iron-based, and intermetallic frustrated kagome-based compounds. A common feature in these…
LiV$_2$O$_4$ spinel is known to exhibit heavy fermion-like behavior below a characteristic temperature $T_K\simeq 20$ K, while it preserves a paramagnetic state down to $T\sim10^{-2}$ K due to geometrical frustration. Here, it is shown that…
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We use neutron scattering to study the lattice and magnetic structure of the layered half-doped manganite Pr$_{0.5}$Ca$_{1.5}$MnO$_4$. On cooling from high temperature, the system first becomes charge- and orbital- ordered (CO/OO) near…