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Phys. Rev. B 70, 085107 (2004) [4 pages]

Magneto-optical properties of Li0.9Mo6O17: Color change in applied magnetic field

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J. Choi, J. D. Woodward, and J. L. Musfeldt
Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA

X. Wei
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, USA

M.-H. Whangbo
Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA

J. He1,2, R. Jin2, and D. Mandrus1,2
1Department of Physics, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
2Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA

Received 31 March 2004; published 23 August 2004

The polarized magneto-optical response of Li0.9Mo6O17 was measured in order to investigate the effect of a high magnetic field on the optical properties of a quasi-one-dimensional conductor. The observed magnetochromic effect is attributed to field-induced changes in the density of states near the Fermi level and is manifest in both Mo d→d on-site and O p→Mo d charge transfer excitations. The observed polarization dependence of the field-induced color change is consistent with the low energy scale of this effect.

© 2004 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.70.085107
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.70.085107
PACS:
71.30.+h, 71.45.Lr, 78.30.−j, 78.40.−q
 
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