Detailed structure of the low-energy magnetic dispersion of the diagonal incommensurate phase in La1.975Sr0.025CuO4
- ORNL
- Tohoku University, Japan
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
Inelastic neutron scattering experiments have been performed on lightly doped La{sub 1.975}Sr{sub 0.025}CuO{sub 4}, which contains a hole concentration slightly higher than the critical concentration for three-dimensional long-range antiferromagnetic order. We previously found that the magnetic excitation spectrum in the insulating phase with a diagonal incommensurate spin modulation has similarities to that in the superconducting regime, where the spin modulation is bond parallel. In this study, we investigate the excitations in detail around E{sub cross}, at which the excitations become most nearly commensurate. It is found that both the magnitude and the anisotropy of the momentum width of the excitations change abruptly at E{sub cross}. Our experimental results suggest that the magnetic excitations rising from the pair of (diagonally) incommensurate wave vectors merge at E{sub cross} into isotropic excitations.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1025827
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review B, Vol. 84, Issue 10; ISSN 1098--0121
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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