Crystal field excitations on NdFe3(BO3)4 investigated by inelastic neutron scattering

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Hayashida, S. [1 ]
Soda, M. [1 ]
Itoh, S. [2 ]
Yokoo, T. [2 ]
Ohgushi, K. [3 ]
Kawana, D. [1 ]
Masuda, T. [1 ]
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[1] Univ Tokyo, Inst Solid State Phys, Neutron Sci Lab, Tokai, Ibaraki 3191106, Japan
[2] High Energy Accelerator Res Org, Inst Cpds Struct Sci, Neutron Sci Div, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050801, Japan
[3] Tohoku Univ, Dept Phys, Sendai, Miyagi 9808581, Japan
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VI EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON NEUTRON SCATTERING (ECNS2015) | 2016年 / 746卷
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日本学术振兴会;
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10.1088/1742-6596/746/1/012059
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O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
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070202 ;
摘要
We performed inelastic neutron scattering experiments on a multiferroic material NdFe3(BO3)(4) to explore the crystal field excitations, where the magnetic anisotropy of the Nd3+ crystal field was responsible for the multiferroicity. Flat modes were observed at 8.5 meV and 17.4 meV in the neutron spectrum. The analysis revealed that these excitations were the transitions from the ground state to the first and second excited states of the Nd3+ crystal field.
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