Neutron scattering study of the incommensurate high-field phase of CuGeO3
CuGeO3 is a good realization of a spin-Peierls system. Using neutron scattering, we have investigated the transition from the dimerized spin-Peierls phase to an incommensurately modulated high-field phase. The incommensurate period has been measured for fields up to 14.5 T and is found to be in excellent accord with the theoretical predictions. The intensities of the satellite reflections provide evidence for the existence of a magnetic contribution with the same modulation period as the structural.
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Riso Natl Lab, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark. Univ Saarland, D-66041 Saarbrucken, Germany. CEN Grenoble, SPSMS, DRFMC, F-38054 Grenoble, France. Univ Paris Sud, Lab Chim Solides, F-91405 Orsay, France. BENSC, HMI, D-14109 Berlin, Germany. Ronnow, HM, Riso Natl Lab, P Box 49, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
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