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High-Field Magnetization and Magnetic Phase Diagram of a-Cu 2 V 2 O 7

June 16, 2017
Author(s)
G. Gitgeatpong, M. Suewattana, Shiwei Zhang, A. Miyake, M. Tokunaga, P. Chanlert, N. Kurita, H. Tanaka, T. J. Sato, Yang Zhao, K. Matan
High-field magnetization of the spin-1/2 antiferromagnet α-Cu 2V 2O 7 was measured in pulsed magnetic fields of up to 56 T in order to study its magnetic phase diagram. When the field was applied along the easy axis (the a-axis), two distinct transitions

Phase Diagram of a-RuCl 3 in an In-Plane Magnetic Field

May 31, 2017
Author(s)
J. A. Sears, Yang Zhao, Zhijun Xu, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Young-June Kim
The low-temperature magnetic phases in the layered honeycomb lattice material α-RuCl 3 have been studied as a function of in-plane magnetic field. In zero field this material orders magnetically below 7 K with so-called zigzag order within the honeycomb

Sodium Layer Chiral Distribution and Spin Structure of Na 2 Ni 2 TeO 6 with a Ni Honeycomb Lattice

March 8, 2017
Author(s)
Sunil K. Karna, Yang Zhao, R. Sankar, M. Avdeev, P. C. Tseng, C. W. Wang, G. J. Shu, K. Matan, G. Y. Guo, F. C. Chou
The crystal structure of P2-type Na 2Ni 2TeO 6 is best described as layers that are composed of Te-centered edge-sharing NiO 6 octahedra in honeycomb lattice with intercalated Na ions in the van der Waals (vdW) gaps. Although the crystal symmetry has been

Uniaxial Pressure Effect on the Magnetic Ordered Moment and Transition Temperatures in BaFe 2-x T x As 2 (T=Co,Ni)

February 17, 2017
Author(s)
David W. Tam, Yu Song, Haoran Man, Sky C. Cheung, Zhiping Yin, Xingye Lu, Weiyi Wang, Benjamin A. Frandsen, Lian Liu, Zizhou Gong, Takashi U. Ito, Yipeng Cai, Murray N. Wilson, Shengli Guo, Keisuke Koshiishi, Wei Tian, Bassam Hitti, Alexandre Ivanov, Yang Zhao, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Graeme M. Luke, Tom Berlijn, Thomas A. Maier, Yasutomo J. Uemura, Pengcheng Dai
We use neutron diffraction and muon spin relaxation to study the effect of uniaxial pressure on the paramagnetic-to-antiferromagnetic phase transition (T N) in BaFe 2As 2 and superconducting BaFe 1.915Ni 0.085As 2. In a local moment picture, the uniaxial

Identification of the Low-Energy Excitations in a Quantum Critical System

December 20, 2016
Author(s)
Tom Heitmann, Jagat Lamsal, Shannon M. Watson, Ross Erwin, Wangchun Chen, Yang Zhao, Wouter Montfrooij
We have identified low-energy magnetic excitations in a doped quantum critical system by means of polarized neutron scattering experiments. The presence of these excitations could explain why Cd(Fe 0.76Ru 0.24) 2Ge 2 displays dynamical scaling in the

Distinct Magnetic Spectra in the Hidden Order and Antiferromagnetic Phases in URu 2-x Fe x Si 2

November 7, 2016
Author(s)
Nicholas P. Butch, Sheng Ran, Inho Jeon, Noravee Kanchanavatee, Kevin Huang, Alexander Breindel, M. Brian Maple, Ryan L. Stillwell, Yang Zhao, Leland Weldon Harriger, Jeffrey W. Lynn
We use neutron scattering to compare the magnetic excitations in the hidden order (HO) and antiferromagnetic (AFM) phases in URu 2-xFe xFe xSi 2 as a function of Fe concentration. The magnetic excitation spectra change significantly between x=0.05 and x=0

Forbidden Phonon: Dynamical Signature of Bond Symmetry Breaking in the Iron Chalcogenides

September 1, 2016
Author(s)
David M. Fobes, Igor A. Zaliznyak, John M. Tranquada, Zhijun Xu, Genda D. Gu, Xu-Gang He, Wei Ku, Yang Zhao, Masaaki Matsuda, V. Ovidiu Garlea, Barry Winn
Investigation of the inelastic neutron scattering spectra in Fe 1+yTe 1-xSe x near a signature wave vector Q = (1,0,0) for the bond-order wave (BOW) formation in parent compound Fe 1+yTe reveals an acoustic-phonon-like dispersion present in all structural

Magnetic Structure of Yb 2 Pt 2 Pb: Ising Moments on the Shastry-Sutherland Lattice

March 22, 2016
Author(s)
W. Miiller, L. S. Wu, M. S. Kim, T. Orvis, J. W. Simonson, M. Gamza, D. M. McNally, C. S. Nelson, G. Ehlers, A. Podlesnyak, Joel Helton, Yang Zhao, Yiming Qiu, John R. Copley, Jeffrey W. Lynn, I. Zaliznyak, M. C. Aronson
Neutron diffraction measurements were carried out on single crystals and powders of Yb 2Pt 2Pb, where Yb moments form planes of orthogonal dimers in the frustrated Shastry-Sutherland Lattice (SSL). Yb 2Pt 2Pb orders antiferromagnetically at T N=2.07 K, and

Neutron Scattering Studies of Spin-Phonon Hybridization and Superconducting Spin-Gaps in the High Temperature Superconductor La 2-x (Sr,Ba) x CuO 4

March 14, 2016
Author(s)
J.J. Wagman, J. P. Carlo, Jonathan Gaudet, G. Van Gastel, D. L. Abernathy, M. B. Stone, G. E. Granroth, A. I. Koleshnikov, A. T. Savici, Y. J. Kim, H. Zhang, D. Ellis, Yang Zhao, L. Clark, A. B. Kallin, E. Mazurek, H. A. Dabkowska, B. D. Gaulin
We present time-of- flight neutron-scattering measurements on single crystals of La 2-x^Ba xCuO 4 (LBCO) with 0 less than or equal to}xless than or equal to} 0:095 and La 2-xSr xCuO 4 (LSCO) with x = 0.08 and 0.11. This range of dopings spans much of the

The Synthesis and Characterization of 1111 Type Diluted Ferromagnetic Semiconductor (La 1-x Ca x )(Zn 1-x Mn x )AsO

December 17, 2015
Author(s)
Cui Ding, Shengli Guo, Yao Zhao, Huiyuan Man, Licheng Fu, Yilun Gu, Zhouyang Wang, L. Liu, B. A. Frandsen, S. Cheung, Y. J. Uemura, T. Goko, H. Luetkens, E. Morenzoni, Yang Zhao, F.L. Ning
We report the synthesis and characterization of a bulk form diluted magnetic semiconductor, (La 1-xCa x)(Zn 1-yMn y)AsO, with a two dimensional crystal structure isostructural to that of the 1111 type Fe-based high-temperature superconductor LaFeAsO and

Influence of Electron Doping on the Ground State of (Sr 1-x La x ) 2 IrO 4

August 17, 2015
Author(s)
Xiang Chen, Tom Hogan, D. Walkup, Wenwen Zhou, M. Pokharel, Mengliang Yao, Wei Tian, Thomas Z. Ward, Yang Zhao, Daniel E. Parshall, C. Opeil, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Vidya Madhavan, Stephen D. Wilson
The evolution of the electronic properties of electron-doped (Sr 1-xLa x) 2IrO 4 is experimentally explored as the solubility limit of La is approached. As electrons are introduced, the electronic ground state transitions from a spin-orbit Mott phase into

Spin Waves and Spatially Anisotropic Exchange Interactions in the S = 2 Stripe Antiferromagnet Rb 0.8 Fe 1.5 S 2

July 13, 2015
Author(s)
Meng Wang, P. Valdivia, Ming Yi, J. X. Chen, W. L. Zhang, R. A. Ewings, T. G. Perring, Yang Zhao, Leland Harriger, Jeffrey W. Lynn, E. Bourret-Courchesne, Pengcheng Dai, D. H. Lee, D. X. Yao, R. J. Birgeneau
An inelastic neutron scattering study of the spin waves corresponding to the stripe antiferromagnetic order in insulating Rb 0.8Fe 1.5S 2 throughout the Brillouin zone is reported. The spin wave spectra are well described by a Heisenberg Hamiltonian with

Neutron Spin Resonance as a Probe of Superconducting Gap Anisotropy in Partially Detwinned Electron Underdoped NaFe 0.985Co d0.015^As

June 9, 2015
Author(s)
Chenglin Zhang, J. T. Park, Xingye Lu, Rong Yu, Yu Li, Wenliang Zhang, Yang Zhao, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Qimiao Si, Pengcheng Dai
We use inelastic neutron scattering (INS) to study spin excitations in detwinned NaFe 0.985Cod0.015^As which has coexisting static antiferromagnetic (AF) order and superconductivity (T c=15 K, T N = 30 K). In previous INS work on twinned sample, spin

Quasi-Two-Dimensional Spin and Phonon Excitations in La 1.965 Ba 0.035 CuO 4

June 3, 2015
Author(s)
J. J. Wagman, Daniel E. Parshall, M. B. Stone, A. T. Savici, Yang Zhao, H. A. Dabkowska, B. D. Gaulin
We present time-of-flight inelastic neutron scattering measurements of La 1.965Ba 0.035Cu) 4 (LBCO), a lightly doped member of the high temperature superconducting La-based cuprate family. By using time-of-flight neutron instrumentation coupled with single

Magnetic Order in a-RuCl 3 : A Honeycomb-Lattice Quantum Magnet with Strong Spin-Orbit Coupling

April 24, 2015
Author(s)
J. A. Sears, M. Songvilay, K. W. Plumb, J. P. Clancy, Yiming Qiu, Yang Zhao, Daniel E. Parshall, Young-June Kim
We report magnetic and thermodynamic properties of single crystal α-RuCl 3, in which the Ru 3+ (4d 5) ion is in its low spin state and forms a honeycomb lattice. Two features are observed in both magnetic susceptibility and specific heat data; a sharp peak

Substitution of Ni for Fe in Superconducting Fe 0.98 Te 0.5 Se 0.5 Depresses the Normal-State Conductivity but not the Magnetic Spectral Weight

January 5, 2015
Author(s)
Jinghui Wang, Ruidan Zhong, Shichao Li, Yuan Gan, Zhijun Xu, Cheng Zhang, T Ozaki, M. Matsuda, Yang Zhao, Qiang Li, Guangyong Xu, Genda Gu, J. M. Tranquada, R. J. Birgeneau, Jinsheng Wen
We have performed systematic resistivity and inelastic neutron scattering measurements on Fe 0.98-zNi zTe 0.5Se 0.5 samples to study the impact of Ni substitution on the transport properties and the low-energy (less than or equal to} 12 meV) magnetic

Polaron-Mediated Spin Correlations in Metallic and Insulating La 1-x A x MnO 3 (A=Ca,Sr, or Ba)

December 3, 2014
Author(s)
Joel Helton, Daniel M Pajerowski, Yiming Qiu, Yang Zhao, Dmitry A. Shulyatev, Yakov M. Mukovskii, Georgii L. Bychkov, Sergei N. Barilo, Jeffrey W. Lynn
Neutron spectroscopy measurements reveal short-range spin correlations near and above the ferromagnetic-paramagnetic phase transition in manganite materials of the form La 10zA xMnO 3, including samples with an insulating ground state as well as colossal

Origin of the Charge Gap in LaMnPO

November 18, 2014
Author(s)
D. E. McNally, J. W. Simonson, K. W. Post, Z. P. Yin, M. Pezzoli, G. J. Smith, V. Leyva, C. Marques, L. DeBeer-Schmitt, A. I. Kolesnikov, Yang Zhao, Jeffrey W. Lynn, D. N. Basov, G. Kotliar, M. C. Aronson
We present inelastic neutron scattering and magnetization measurements of the antiferromagnetic insulator LaMnPO that are well described by a Heisenberg spin model. These measurements are consistent with the presence of two-dimensional magnetic

The Suppression of Curie Temperature by Sr Doping in Diluted Ferromagnetic Semiconductor (La 1-x Sr x )(Zn 1-y MnYdy^)AsO

July 7, 2014
Author(s)
Cui Ding, Xin Gong, Huiyuan Man, Guoxiang Zhi, Shengli Guo, Yang Zhao, Hangdong Wang, Bin Chen, F.L. Ning
(La 1-xSr x)(Zn 1-yMndy^)AsO is a two dimensional diluted ferromagnetic semiconductor that has advantage of decoupled charge and spin doping. The substitution of Sr 2+ for La 3+ and Mn 2+ for Zn 2+ into parent semiconductor LaZnAsO introduces hole carriers

Magnetic Structure of the Conductive Triangular-Lattice Antiferromagnet PdCrO 2

March 11, 2014
Author(s)
Hiroshi Takatsu, Gwilherm Nenert, Hiroaki Kadowaki, Hideki Yoshizawa, Mechthild Enderle, Shingo Yonezawa, Yoshiteru Maeno, Jungeun Kim, Naruki Tsuji, Masaki Takata, Yang Zhao, Mark Green, Collin Broholm
We performed neutron single crystal and synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction experiments in order to investigate the magnetic and crystal structures of the conductive layered triangular-lattice antiferromagnet PdCrO6d2^ with a putative spin chirality

Ghost Modes and Continuum Scattering in the Dimerized Distorted Kagome Lattice Antiferromagnet Rb 2 Cu 3 SnF 12

January 21, 2014
Author(s)
K. Matan, Y. Nambu, Yang Zhao, T.J. Sato, Y. Fukumoto, T. Ono, H. Tanaka, Collin L. Broholm, A. Podlesnyak, G. Ehlers
Magnetic excitations of the pinwheel valence bond solid state in the distorted kagome lattice antiferromagnet Rb 2Cu 3SnF 12 were studied using high-resolution inelastic neutron scattering. A weakly dispersive mode around 5 meV and duplicate triplet