S-W Cheong

Publication List Details

Period

1991 - 2008

Number

88

Co-Authors

Origin of electromagnon excitations in \textit{R}MnO$_3$ (2008)

Aguilar, R. Valdés, Mostovoy, M., Sushkov, A. B., Zhang, C. L., Choi, Y. J., Cheong, S-W., ...

The origin of electromagnon excitations in cycloidal \textit{R}MnO$_3$ is explained in terms of the Heisenberg coupling between spins despite the fact that the static polarization arises from the...

Singe ferroelectric and chiral magnetic domain of single-crystalline BiFeO$_3$ in an electric field (2008)

Lee, Seongsu, Choi, Taekjib, Ratcliff II, W., Erwin, R., Cheong, S-W., Kiryukhin, V.

We report polarized neutron scattering and piezoresponse force microscopy studies of millimeter-sized single crystals of multiferroic BiFeO$_3$. The crystals, grown below the Curie temperature,...

The incommensurate magnetic structure of YMn2O5: a stringent test of the multiferroic mechanism (2008)

Radaelli, P. G., Vecchini, C., Chapon, L. C., Brown, P. J., Park, S., Cheong, S-W.

We have determined the magnetic structure of the low-temperature incommensurate phase of multiferroic YMn2O5 using single-crystal neutron diffraction. By employing corepresentation analysis, we have...

Multiferroicity in the spin-1/2 quantum matter of LiCu2O2 (2008)

Rusydi, A., Mahns, I., Mueller, S., Ruebhausen, M., Park, S., Choi, Y. J., ...

Multiferroicity in LiCu2O2 single crystals is studied using resonant soft x-ray magnetic scattering, hard x-ray diffraction, heat capacity, magnetic susceptibility, and electrical polarization. Two...

Unusual field dependence of remanent magnetization in granular CrO2: possible role of piezomagnetism (2008)

Bajpai, A., Klingeler, R., Wizent, N., Nigam, A. K., Cheong, S-W., Buechner, B.

We present low field thermoremanent magnetization (TRM) measurements in granular CrO2 and composites of ferromagnetic (FM) CrO2 and antiferromagnetic (AFM) Cr2O3. TRM in these samples is seen to...

Epitaxial checkerboard arrangement of nanorods in ZnMnGaO4 films studied by x-ray diffraction (2008)

O'Malley, S. M., Bonanno, P. L., Ahn, K. H., Sirenko, A. A., Kazimirov, A., Park, S., ...

The intriguing nano-structural properties of a ZnMnGaO4 film epitaxially grown on MgO (001) substrate have been investigated using synchrotron radiation-based x-ray diffraction. The ZnMnGaO4 film...

Electric field switching of antiferromagnetic domains in YMn2O5: a probe of the multiferroic mechanism (2008)

Radaelli, P. G., Chapon, L. C., Daoud-Aladine, A., Vecchini, C., Brown, P. J., Chatterji, T., ...

We employ neutron spherical polarimetry to determine the nature and population of the coexisting antiferromagnetic domains in multiferroic YMn2O5. By applying an electric field, we prove that...

The commensurate phase of multiferroic HoMn2O5 studied by X-ray magnetic scattering (2008)

Beutier, G., Bombardi, A., Vecchini, C., Radaelli, P. G., Park, S., Cheong, S-W., ...

The commensurate phase of multiferroic HoMn2O5 was studied by X-ray magnetic scattering, both off resonance and in resonant conditions at the Ho-L3 edge. Below 40 K, magnetic ordering at the Ho sites...

Complex Spin Structures and Origin of the Magneto-Electric Coupling in YMn2O5 (2008)

Park, S. I., Kenzelmann, M., Schefer, J., ...

By combining neutron four-circle diffraction and polarized neutron diffraction techniques we have determined the complex spin structures of a multiferroic, YMn2O5, that exhibits two ferroelectric...

Raman scattering studies of temperature- and field-induced melting of charge order in (La,Pr,Ca)MnO$_{3}$ (2008)

Kim, M., Barath, H., Cooper, S. L., Abbamonte, P., Fradkin, E., R{ü}bhausen, M., ...

We present Raman scattering studies of the structural and magnetic phases that accompany temperature- and field-dependent melting of charge- and orbital-order (COO) in La0.5Ca0.5MnO3 and...

Spin phonon coupling in frustrated magnet CdCr$_2$O$_4$ (2007)

Aguilar, R. Valdés, Sushkov, A. B., Choi, Y. J., Cheong, S-W., Drew, H. D.

The infrared phonon spectrum of the spinel CdCr2O4 is measured as a function temperature from 6 K to 300K. The triply degenerate Cr phonons soften in the paramagnetic phase as temperature is lowered...

Neel to Spin-Glass-like Phase Transition versus Dilution in Geometrically Frustrated ZnCr_{2-2x}Ga_{2x}O_4 (2007)

Ratcliff II, W., Huang, Q., Kim, T. H., Cheong, S-W.

ZnCr2O4 undergoes a first order spin-Peierls-like phase transition at 12.5 K from a cubic spin liquid phase to a tetragonal Neel state. Using powder diffraction and single crystal polarized neutron...

Direct observation of oxygen superstructures in manganites (2007)

Grenier, S., Thomas, K. J., Hill, J. P., Staub, U., Bodenthin, Y., García-Fernández, M., ...

We report the observation of superstructures associated with the oxygen 2p-states in two prototypical manganites using x-ray diffraction at the oxygen K-edge. We determine the nature of the orderings...

Pressure induced enhancement of ferroelectricity in multiferroic $R$Mn$_2$O$_5$($R$=Tb,Dy, and Ho) (2007)

Cruz, C. R. Dela, Lorenz, B., Sun, Y. Y., Wang, Y., Park, S., Cheong, S-W., ...

Measurements of ferroelectric polarization and dielectric constant were done on $R$Mn$_2$O$_5$ ($R$=Tb, Dy, and Ho) with applied hydrostatic pressures of up to 18 kbar. At ambient pressure,...

Infrared-active excitations related to Ho3+ ligand-field splitting at the commensurate-incommensurate magnetic phase transition in HoMn2O5 (2007)

Sirenko, A. A., Malley, S. M. O, Ahn, K. H., Park, S., Carr, G. L., Cheong, S-W.

Linearly polarized spectra of far-infrared (IR) transmission in HoMn2O5 multiferroic single crystals have been studied in the frequency range between 8.5 and 105 cm-1 and for temperatures between 5 K...

Symmetry of Multiferroicity in a Frustrated Magnet TbMn$_2$O$_5$ (2007)

Okamoto, J., Huang, D. J., Chao, K. S., Park, S., ...

Based on measurements of soft x-ray magnetic scattering and symmetry considerations, we demonstrate that the magnetoelectric effect in TbMn$_2$O$_5$ arises from an internal field determined by...

Universality in one dimensional orbital wave ordering in spinel and related compounds: an experimental perspective (2006)

Croft, M., Kiryukhin, V., Horibe, Y., Cheong, S-W.

Recent state-of-the-art crystallographic investigations of transition metal spinel compounds have revealed that the d- orbital charge carriers undergo ordering transitions with the formation of local...

Electromagnons in multiferroic YMn2O5 and TbMn2O5 (2006)

Sushkov, A. B., Aguilar, R. Valdes, Park, S., Cheong, S-W., Drew, H. D.

Based on temperature dependent far infrared transmission spectra of YMn2O5 and TbMn2O5 single crystals, we report the observation of electric dipole-active magnetic excitations, or electromagnons, in...

IR Phonon signatures of multiferroicity in TbMn$_{2}$O$_{5}$ (2006)

Aguilar, R. Valdés, Sushkov, A. B., Park, S., Cheong, S-W., Drew, H. D.

The infrared (IR) active phonons in multiferroic TbMn$_2$O$_5$ are studied as a function of temperature. Most of the symmetry allowed IR modes polarized along the \textit{a} and \textit{b} crystal...

Evidences of a consolute critical point in the Phase Separation regime of La(5/8-y)Pr(y)Ca(3/8)MnO(3) (y = 0.4) single crystals (2006)

Garbarino, G., Acha, C., Levy, P., Koo, T. Y., Cheong, S-W.

We report on DC and pulsed electric field sensitivity of the resistance of mixed valent Mn oxide based La(5/8-y)Pr(y)Ca(3/8)MnO(3) (y = 0.4) single crystals as a function of temperature. The low...

Structural Anomalies at the Magnetic and Ferroelectric Transitions in $RMn_2O_5$ (R=Tb, Dy, Ho) (2006)

Cruz, C. R. Dela, Yen, F., Lorenz, B., Gospodinov, M. M., Chu, C. W., Ratcliff, W., ...

Strong anomalies of the thermal expansion coefficients at the magnetic and ferroelectric transitions have been detected in multiferroic $RMn_2O_5$. Their correlation with anomalies of the specific...

Relating supercooling and glass-like arrest of kinetics for phase separated systems: studies on doped CeFe$_2$ and (La,Pr,Ca)MnO$_3$ (2006)

Kumar, Kranti, Pramanik, A. K., Banerjee, A., Chaddah, P., Roy, S. B., Park, S., ...

Coexisting ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic phases over a range of temperature as well as magnetic field have been reported in many materials of current interest, showing disorder-broadened 1st...

Polarized resonant inelastic x-ray scattering as an ultra-fine probe of excited states in La2CuO4 (2006)

Shukla, A., Calandra, M., Taguchi, M., Kotani, A., Vanko, G., Cheong, S-W.

X-ray absorption is the standard method to probe the unoccupied density of states at a given edge. Here we show that polarized Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering in La2CuO4 at the Cu K-edge is...

Ordering on geometrically frustrating lattices: The perspective of TOF neutron crystallography (2006)

Radaelli, PG, Chapon, LC, Gutmann, MJ, Bombardi, A, Blake, GR, Schmidt, M, ...

Geometrical frustration arises when geometrical constraints promote a locally degenerate ground state. A periodic system with this local geometry may “freeze” on cooling forming “ices” or remain...

Ferroelectricity induced by acentric spin-density waves in YMn$_2$O$_5$ (2005)

Chapon, L. C., Radaelli, P. G., Blake, G. R., Park, S., Cheong, S-W.

The commensurate and incommensurate magnetic structures of the magnetoelectric system YMn$_{2}$O$_{5}$, as determined from neutron diffraction, were found to be spin-density waves lacking a global...

Weak ferromagnetic spin and charge stripe order in La[sub 5/3]Sr[sub 1/3]NiO[sub 4] (2005)

Klingeler, R., Buchner, B., Cheong, S-W., Hucker, M.

We present magnetization and specific heat data of a La5/3Sr1/3NiO4 single crystal in high magnetic fields. From the charge and spin stripe ordering temperatures, as well as a magnetic low...

Polarized resonant inelastic x-ray scattering as an ultra-fine probe of excited states in La2CuO4 (2005)

Shukla, A., Calandra, M., Taguchi, M., Kotani, A., Vanko, G., Cheong, S-W.

X-ray absorption is the standard method to probe the unoccupied density of states at a given edge. Here we show that polarized Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering in La2CuO4 at the Cu K-edge is...

The charge ordered state in half-doped Bi-based manganites studied by $^{17}$O and $^{209}$Bi NMR (2005)

Trokiner, A., Verkhovskii, S., Yakubovskii, A., Kumagai, K., Cheong, S-W., Khomskii, D., ...

We present a $^{209}$Bi and $^{17}$O NMR study of the Mn electron spin correlations developed in the charge ordered state of Bi$_{0.5}$Sr$_{0.5}$MnO$_{3}$ and Bi$_{0.5}$Ca$_{0.5}$MnO$_{3}$. The...

Spin structure and magnetic frustration in multiferroic RMn2O5 (R = Tb, Ho, Dy) (2005)

Blake, G. R., Chapon, L. C., Radaelli, P. G., Park, S., Hur, N., Cheong, S-W., ...

We have studied the crystal and magnetic structures of the magnetoelectric materials RMn2O5 (R = Tb, Ho, Dy) using neutron diffraction as a function of temperature. All three materials display...

Spin structure and magnetic frustration in multiferroic RMn2O5 (R=Tb,Ho,Dy) (2005)

Blake, G R, Chapon, L C, Radaelli, P G, Park, S, Hur, N, Cheong, S-W, ...

We have studied the crystal and magnetic structures of the magnetoelectric materials RMn2O5 (R=Tb,Ho,Dy) using neutron diffraction as a function of temperature. All three materials display...

Polarized resonant inelastic x-ray scattering as an ultra-fine probe of excited states in La2CuO4 (2005)

Shukla, A., Calandra, M., Taguchi, M., Kotani, A., Vanko, G., Cheong, S-W.

X-ray absorption is the standard method to probe the unoccupied density of states at a given edge. Here we show that polarized Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering in La2CuO4 at the Cu K-edge is...

Polarized resonant inelastic x-ray scattering as an ultra-fine probe of excited states in La2CuO4 (2005)

Shukla, A., Calandra, M., Taguchi, M., Kotani, A., Vanko, G., Cheong, S-W.

X-ray absorption is the standard method to probe the unoccupied density of states at a given edge. Here we show that polarized Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering in La2CuO4 at the Cu K-edge is...

Uncorrelated and correlated nanoscale lattice distortions in the paramagnetic phase of magnetoresistive manganites (2004)

Kiryukhin, V., Borissov, A., Ahn, J. S., Huang, Q., Lynn, J. W., Cheong, S-W.

Neutron scattering measurements on a magnetoresistive manganite La$_{0.75}$(Ca$_{0.45}$Sr$_{0.55}$)$_{0.25}$MnO$_3$ show that uncorrelated dynamic polaronic lattice distortions are present in both...

Direct observation of electronic domains in manganites by spatially resolved spectroscopy (2004)

Sarma, D. D., Topwal, Dinesh, Manju, U., Krishnakumar, S. R., Bertolo, M., La Rosa, S., ...

We use a spatially resolved, direct spectroscopic probe for electronic structure with an additional sensitivity to chemical compositions to investigate high-quality single crystal samples of...

Temperature dependent d-d excitations in manganites probed by resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (2004)

Grenier, S., Hill, J. P., Kiryukhin, V., Ku, W., Thomas, K. J., ...

We report the observation of temperature dependent electronic excitations in various manganites utilizing resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) at the Mn K-edge. Excitations were observed...

Structural anomalies and multiferroic behavior in magnetically frustrated TbMn2O5 (2004)

Chapon, L C, Blake, G R, Gutmann, M J, Park, S, Hur, N, Radaelli, P G, ...

We have studied the magnetostructural phase diagram of multiferroic TbMn2O5 as a function of temperature and magnetic field by neutron diffraction. Dielectric and magnetic anomalies are found to be...

First-order nature of the ferromagnetic phase transition in (La-Ca)MnO_3 near optimal doping (2003)

Adams, C. P., Lynn, J. W., Smolyaninova, V. N., Biswas, A., Greene, R. L., Ratcliff II, W., ...

Neutron scattering has been used to study the nature of the ferromagnetic transition in single crystals of La_0.7Ca_0.3MnO_3 and La_0.8Ca_0.2MnO_3, and polycrystalline samples of La_0.67Ca_0.33MnO_3...

Average Lattice Symmetry and Nanoscale Structural Correlations in Magnetoresistive Manganites (2003)

Kiryukhin, V., Koo, T. Y., Ishibashi, H., Hill, J. P., Cheong, S-W.

We report x-ray scattering studies of nanoscale structural correlations in the paramagnetic phases of the perovskite manganites La$_{0.75}$(Ca$_{0.45}$Sr$_{0.55}$)$_{0.25}$MnO$_3$,...

X-ray-induced disordering of the dimerization pattern and apparent low-temperature enhancement of lattice symmetry in spinel CuIr$_2$S$_4$ (2002)

Ishibashi, H., Koo, T. Y., Hor, Y. S., Borissov, A., Horibe, Y., Radaelli, P. G., ...

At low temperatures, spinel CuIr$_2$S$_4$ is a charge-ordered spin-dimerized insulator with triclinic lattice symmetry. We find that x-rays induce a structural transition in which the local triclinic...

Charge Ordering Fluctuation and Optical Pseudogap in La$_{1-x}$Ca$_{x}$MnO$_{3}$ (2002)

Kim, K. H., Lee, S., Noh, T. W., Cheong, S-W.

Optical spectroscopy was used to investigate the optical gap (2$\Delta $) due to charge ordering (CO) and related pseudogap developments with x and temperature (T) in La$_{1-x}$Ca$_{x}$MnO$_{3}$...

Common features of nanoscale structural correlations in magnetoresistive manganites with ferromagnetic low-temperature state (2001)

Kiryukhin, V., Koo, T. Y., Borissov, A., Kim, Y. J., Nelson, C. S., Hill, J. P., ...

We report x-ray scattering studies of nanoscale structural correlations in Nd$_{1-x}$Sr$_x$MnO$_3$ and La$_{1-x}$(Ca,Sr)$_x$MnO$_3$, $x$=0.2--0.5. We find that the correlated regions possess a...

Magnetic-field-induced collapse of charge-ordered nanoclusters and the Colossal Magnetoresistance effect in Nd(0.3)Sr(0.3)MnO(3) (2001)

Koo, T. Y., Kiryukhin, V., Sharma, P. A., Hill, J. P., Cheong, S-W.

We report synchrotron x-ray scattering studies of charge/orbitally ordered (COO) nanoclusters in Nd$_{0.7}$Sr$_{0.3}$MnO$_3$. We find that the COO nanoclusters are strongly suppressed in an applied...

Martensitic accommodation strain and the metal-insulator transition in manganites (2001)

Podzorov, V., Kim, B. G., Kiryukhin, V., Gershenson, M. E., Cheong, S-W.

In this paper, we report polarized optical microscopy and electrical transport studies of manganese oxides that reveal that the charge ordering transition in these compounds exhibits typical...

Mesoscopic, Non-equilibrium Fluctuations of Inhomogeneous Electronic States in Manganites (2001)

Podzorov, V., Chen, C. H., Gershenson, M. E., Cheong, S-W.

By using the dark-field real-space imaging technique of transmission electron microscopy (TEM), we have observed slow 200 A-scale fluctuations of charge-ordered (CO) phase in mixed-valent manganites...

Nanoscale anisotropic structural correlations in the paramagnetic and ferromagnetic phases of Nd0.5Sr0.5 MnO3 (2001)

Kiryukhin, V., Kim, B. G., Katsufuji, T., Hill, J. P., Cheong, S-W.

We report x-ray scattering studies of short-range structural correlations and diffuse scattering in Nd0.5Sr0.5MnO3. On cooling, this material undergoes a series of transitions, first from a...

Correlated Polarons in Dissimilar Perovskite Manganites (2000)

Nelson, C. S., Zimmermann, M. V., Hill, J. P., Gibbs, Doon, Kiryukhin, V., Koo, T. Y., ...

We report x-ray scattering studies of broad peaks located at a (0.5 0 0)/(0 0.5 0)-type wavevector in the paramagnetic insulating phases of La_{0.7}Ca_{0.3}MnO_{3} and Pr_{0.7}Ca_{0.3}MnO_{3}. We...

Multiphase segregation and metal-insulator transition in single crystal La(5/8-y)Pr(y)Ca(3/8)MnO3 (2000)

Kiryukhin, V., Kim, B. G., Podzorov, V., Cheong, S-W., Koo, T. Y., Hill, J. P., ...

The insulator-metal transition in single crystal La(5/8-y)Pr(y)Ca(3/8)MnO3 with y=0.35 was studied using synchrotron x-ray diffraction, electric resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, and specific...

High Temperature Charge-Ordering Fluctuation in Manganites (2000)

Kim, K. H., Uehara, M., Cheong, S-W.

High temperature (T) studies of La_{1-x}Ca_{x}MnO_{3} show that charge and phonon transport is significantly suppressed in a narrow doping region of x~1/2 and in a wide T range up to 900 K, which...

Anomalous field-dependent specific heat in charge-ordered Pr$_{1-x}$Ca$_x$MnO$_3$ and La$_{0.5}$Ca$_{0.5}$MnO$_3$ (2000)

Smolyaninova, V. N., Biswas, Amlan, Zhang, X., Kim, K. H., Kim, Bog-Gi, Cheong, S-W., ...

We report low temperature specific heat measurements of Pr$_{1-x}$Ca$_{x}$MnO$_{3}$ ($0.3\leq x \leq 0.5$) and La$_{0.5}$Ca$_{0.5}$MnO$_{3}$ with and without applied magnetic field. An excess...

Raman scattering study of anomalous charge-, spin-, and lattice-dynamics in the charge-ordered phase of ${\bf Bi}_{1-x}{\bf Ca}_x{\bf MnO}_3$ ($x>0.5$) (2000)

Yoon, S., Rubhausen, M., Cooper, S. L., Kim, K. H., Cheong, S-W.

We report an inelastic light scattering study of the effects of charge-ordering on the spin-, charge-, and lattice-dynamics in ${\rm Bi}_{1-x}{\rm Ca}_{x}{\rm MnO}_3$ $(x>0.5)$. We find that...

Thermal/Electronic Transport Properties and Two-Phase Mixtures in La_{5/8-x}Pr_{x}Ca_{3/8}MnO_{3} (2000)

Kim, K. H., Uehara, M., Hess, C., Sharma, P. A., Cheong, S-W.

We measured thermal conductivity, k, thermoelectric power, S, and dc electric conductivity, sigma, of La_{5/8-x}Pr_{x}Ca_{3/8}MnO_{3}, showing an intricate interplay between metallic ferromagnetism...

Charge and Spin Order in La2-xSrxNiO4 (x=0.275 and 1/3) (2000)

Cheong, S-W., Yamada, K., Majkrzak, C.

We report polarized and unpolarized neutron diffraction measurements on La2-xSrxNiO4 (x=0.275 and 1/3). The data for the spin ordered states are consistent with a collinear spin model in which spins...

Giant Peak of the 1/f Noise at the Metal-Insulator Transitions in Low-Tc CMR Manganites: Evidence of the Percolation Threshold at Tc (1999)

Podzorov, V., Uehara, M., Gershenson, M. E., Cheong, S-W.

We observed a dramatic peak in the 1/f noise at the metal-insulator transition (MIT) in low-Tc manganites. This many-orders-of-magnitude noise enhancement is observed for both polycrystalline and...