Published May 29, 1995 | Version v1
Journal article

Collective magnetic excitations of Ho3+ ions in grain-aligned HoBa2Cu3Ox (x=7, 6.2)

  • 1. Lab. fur Neutron Scattering, Eidgenossische Tech. Hochschule, Zurich (Switzerland)

Description

Inelastic neutron scattering (INS) has been used to study the magnetic excitations of Ho3+ ions in grain-aligned samples of HoBa2Cu3Ox in both orthorhombic (x≅7) and tetragonal (x≅6.2) phases. The magnetic excitations associated with the lowest ground state crystalline electric field transition exhibit dispersion in the (a,b) plane but remain constant in energy along the c axis. The data are analysed in the random-phase approximation in terms of a generalized Heisenberg model including anisotropies in the coupling of the spin operators. (author)

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Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
7
Journal Issue
22
Journal Page Range
p. 4215-4226
ISSN
0953-8984