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Inelastic neutron scattering provides a powerful probe of the magnetic excitations of quantum magnets. Altermagnets have recently emerged as a new class of magnets with vanishing net magnetization characteristic of antiferromagnets and with…
We report x-ray scattering studies of the c-axis lattice parameter in Ca3Ru2O7 as a function of temperature and magnetic field. These structural studies complement published transport and magnetization data, and therefore elucidate the…
Since thermal fluctuations become more important as dimensions shrink, it is expected that low-dimensional magnets are more sensitive to lattice distortions and phonons than bulk systems are. Here we present a fully relativistic…
Static and dynamical properties of the magnetic moment system of pyrochlore compound Tb2Ti2O7 with strong magnetic frustration, have been investigated down to the temperature T=0.4 K by neutron scattering on a single crystal sample. The…
Elastic and inelastic neutron scattering experiments have been performed in a La$_{0.94}$Sr$_{0.06}$MnO$_3$ untwinned crystal, which exhibits an antiferromagnetic canted magnetic structure with ferromagnetic layers. The elastic small q…
The interplay of lattice, electronic, and spin degrees of freedom at epitaxial complex oxide interfaces provides a route to tune their magnetic ground states. Unraveling the competing contributions is critical for tuning their functional…
Quasi-one-dimensional $A_2\text{Cr}_3\text{As}_3$ (with $A = \text{K, Cs, Rb}$) is an intriguing new family of superconductors which exhibit many similar features to the cuprate and iron-based unconventional superconductor families. Yet in…
The strategy of breaking antiferromagnetic (AFM) ground state in alpha-Fe2O3 by doping non-magnetic Sc3+ ions at the Fe3+ sites has been used in Fe2-xScxO3 system (x = 0.2-1.0). The material has been stabilized in single-phase (rhombohedral…
We present polarised-neutron diffraction measurements of the Ising-like spin-chain compound Ca3Co2O6 above and below the magnetic ordering temperature TN. Below TN, a clear evolution from a single-phase spin-density wave (SDW) structure to…
A procedure is outlined for the determination of magnetic exchange constants in anisotropic perovskite anitferromagnets using powder inelastic neutron scattering. Spin wave densities-of-states are measured using time-of-flight inelastic…
We report neutron scattering experiments performed to investigate the dynamic magnetic properties of the Kondo-lattice compound YbNi2B2C. The spectrum of magnetic excitations is found to be broad, extending up to at least 150 meV, and…
The nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T_1_ is calculated for magnetic ring clusters by fully diagonalizing their microscopic spin Hamiltonians. Whether the nearest-neighbor exchange interaction J is ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic,…
The crystal and magnetic structures of stoichiometric ZnCr2Se4 have been investigated using synchrotron X-ray and neutron powder diffraction, muon spin relaxation (muSR) and inelastic neutron scattering. Synchrotron X-ray diffraction shows…
We report temperature (T) dependence of dc magnetization, electrical resistivity (rho(T)), and heat-capacity of rare-earth (R) compounds, Gd3RuSn6 and Tb3RuSn6, which are found to crystallize in the Yb3CoSn6-type orthorhombic structure…
Polarized neutron scattering experiments reveal the anisotropy of magnetic correlations in the candidate Kitaev material $\alpha$-RuCl$_3$. The anisotropy of the inelastic response at the magnetic Bragg positions is just opposite to the…
Spin-phonon interaction plays an important role in 2D magnetic materials and motivates the development of next-generation spin- and charge-dependent microelectronic devices. Understanding the spin-phonon interaction by tuning the growth…
We report the enhancement of N\'eel temperature of Cr2O3 by replacing 50% of Cr by Fe prepared by sol-gel method. The structural analysis by neutron diffraction has revealed that FeCrO3 belongs to a corundum structure (R-3c space group)…
We report an inelastic light scattering study of the effects of charge-ordering on the spin-, charge-, and lattice-dynamics in ${\rm Bi}_{1-x}{\rm Ca}_{x}{\rm MnO}_3$ $(x>0.5)$. We find that charge-ordering results in anomalous phonon…
The low-energy part of the vibration spectrum in PbMg$_{1/3}$Nb$_{2/3}$O$_3$ (PMN) relaxor ferroelectric has been studied by neutron scattering above and below the Burns temperature, T$_d$. The transverse acoustic and the lowest transverse…
Topological spin textures in frustrated intermetallics hold great promise for spintronics applications. However, understanding their origin and properties remains a significant challenge due to competing and often long-range interactions…