Anisotropy of Mott-Hubbard Gap Transitions due to Spin and Orbital Ordering in LaVO3 and YVO3

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2086-2089

  Miyasaka, Shigeki ^a,b   Okimoto, Yoichi ^a   Tokura, Yoshinori ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

LaVO3; Orbital dependent Mott Hubbard gap transitions; Spin and orbital ordering; YVO3

Indexed keywords

LANTHANUM; OXIDE; VANADIUM; YTTRIUM;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CRYSTAL; ELECTRON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OSCILLATION; PARAMETER; ROTATION; SIMULATION; SPECTRUM; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0036919571     PISSN: 00319015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.71.2086     Document Type: Article

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