Abstract
Measurements of magnetic, transport properties, thermal conductivity, and magnetization under pressure as well as neutron diffraction have been made on a single crystal and powder sample of LaVO3. The Néel temperature was found to mark a transition from the phase with both frustrated superexchange interaction and spin-orbit λL•S coupling to the phase where the Jahn-Teller orbital-lattice coupling dominates. The dramatic reduction of absolute entropy in the paramagnetic phase is explained in terms of forming a long-range coherent state due to the interference between frustrated orbits and spins.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 046401 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 100 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| State | Published - Jan 28 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |