Spin excitations in a single La2CuO4 layer

Nature Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 850-854

  Dean, M P M ^a   Springell, R S ^b,c   Monney, C ^d   Zhou, K J ^d,g   Pereiro, J ^a,h   Bozovic I ^a   Dalla Piazza, B ^e   Ronnow H M ^e   Morenzoni, E ^d   Van Den Brink, J ^f   Schmitt, T ^d   Hill, J P ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e EPFL   (Switzerland)

^f IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^g DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER OXIDES; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; MAGNETISM; SPIN WAVES;

COMPLEX CORRELATION; FINITE TEMPERATURES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LONG RANGE ORDERS; MAGNETIC EXCITATIONS; MAGNETIC RESPONSE; RESONATING VALENCE BONDS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS;

SPIN FLUCTUATIONS;

EID: 84866739280     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3409     Document Type: Article

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