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Spin-Triplet Excitons in the $S=1/2$ Gapped Antiferromagnet BaCuSi$_2$O$_6$: Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Studies

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 نشر من قبل Sergei Zvyagin
 تاريخ النشر 2006
  مجال البحث فيزياء
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BaCuSi$_2$O$_6$, a $S=1/2$ quantum antiferromagnet with a double-layer structure of Cu$^{2+}$ ions in a distorted planar-rectangular coordination and with a dimerized spin singlet ground state, is studied by means of the electron paramagnetic resonance technique. It is argued that multiple absorptions observed at low temperatures are intimately related to a thermally-activated spin-triplet exciton superstructure. Analysis of the angular dependence of exciton modes in BaCuSi$_2$O$_6$ allows us to accurately estimate anisotropy parameters. In addition, the temperature dependence of EPR intensity and linewidth is discussed.

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