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Ranked by formulaVerdict: NotableSuperexchange coupling between a dilute Gd3+ probe and orphan spins in a valence-bond glass
The valence-bond-glass state of the 4d 1 double perovskite Ba2YMoO6 combines Mo 5+ singlets with residual paramagnetic "orphan" spins whose coupling is hard to reach with bulk probes.
Key numbers
- 5 K
- 0.2 K
Caveats
- Preprint; not yet peer reviewed.
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Abstract
The valence-bond-glass state of the 4d^1 double perovskite Ba2YMoO6 combines Mo^5+ singlets with residual paramagnetic "orphan" spins whose coupling is hard to reach with bulk probes. We probe them by electron paramagnetic resonance of a dilute Gd^3+ ion on the Y^3+ site via broadband coplanar-waveguide transmission at 5 K. The isostructural nonmagnetic niobate Ba2YNbO6, doped with the same Gd^3+ probe, is a fixed-lattice control. The Gd^3+ linewidth nearly doubles in the magnetic host. Dipolar coupling to the sparse orphans is nearly an order of magnitude too weak; the excess is instead reproduced by a transferred f-d superexchange of J ~ 0.2 K, so the width is a static measure of orphan-spin coupling. The half-field (Delta m_S = +/-2) satellite collapses in the magnetic host, a dynamical dephasing channel, while the unchanged g-factor marks a zero-mean random internal field. Together the two channels probe the coupling and dynamics of valence-bond-glass orphan spins.
The editor's rubric
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Editor’s rationale
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How the score was computed
- Merit
- 5.4 / 10
- Adjusted merit
- 4.6 / 10
- Attention
- 0%
- Freshness
- 94%