Low-energy excitations and dynamic Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in α-NaV2O5 studied by far-infrared spectroscopy

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 14, 2004, Pages

  Room T ^a   Huvonen D ^a   Nagel, U ^a   Wang, Y J ^b   Kremer, R K ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND BIOPHYSICS   (Estonia)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANADATE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DZYALOSHINSKII MORIYA REACTION; ENERGY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OSCILLATOR; PHASE TRANSITION; POLARIZATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 42749105827     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.144410     Document Type: Article

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