skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Long-range magnetic ordering in the spin ladder compound LaCuO{sub 2.5} probed by muon-spin relaxation

Journal Article · · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter
 [1]; ; ; ; ;  [2]; ; ;  [3];  [1]
  1. The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako, Saitama 351-01 (Japan)
  2. Department of Physics, Aoyama-Gakuin University, Chitosedai, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 157 (Japan)
  3. Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611 (Japan)

A clear sign of long-range magnetic ordering has been observed by muon-spin rotation/relaxation in the two-leg spin-ladder compound LaCuO{sub 0.25} below 125 K with a relatively large hyperfine field ({approximately}0.1 T). This result demonstrates that the ground state of the undoped LaCuO{sub 2.5} is a magnetically ordered state, rather than the predicted quantum spin-liquid state.

OSTI ID:
385721
Journal Information:
Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter, Vol. 54, Issue 14; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English