The Diffraction Group (DIF)

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Laurent Chapon

The DIF Group's people


Laurent Chapon

Instrument Scientist (D3, D10)

E-mail:

chapon(at)ill.eu

Room:

247-ILL4

Phone:

+33 (0)4 76 20 7029

Fax:

+33 (0)4 76 20 7648

Instr. phone:

+33 (0)4 76 20 7136 (D3)
+33 (0)4 76 20 7141 (D10)


Research interests

  • Transition metal oxides
  • Frustrated oxides
  • Multiferroics
  • Magnetic neutron scattering and X-ray scattering


Last year publications

Coexistence of the long-range and short-range magnetic order components in SrEr2O4

T. J. Hayes, G. Balakrishnan, P. P. Deen, P. Manuel, L. C. Chapon, and O. A. Petrenko

Phys. Rev. B 84, 174435 (2011) – Published November 23, 2011

Cu3Nb2O8: A Multiferroic with Chiral Coupling to the Crystal Structure

R. D. Johnson, Sunil Nair, L. C. Chapon, A. Bombardi, C. Vecchini, D. Prabhakaran, A. T. Boothroyd, and P. G. Radaelli

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 137205 (2011) – Published September 23, 2011

Spontaneous toroidal moment and field-induced magnetotoroidic effects in Ba2CoGe2O7

Pierre Toledano, Dmitry D. Khalyavin, and Laurent C. Chapon

Phys. Rev. B 84, 094421 (2011)– Published September 19, 2011


Theory of High-Temperature Multiferroicity in Cupric Oxide

Pierre Tolédano, Naëmi Leo, Dmitry D. Khalyavin, Laurent C. Chapon, Tim Hoffmann, Dennis Meier, and Manfred Fiebig

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 257601 (2011) – Published June 20, 2011

Slow Magnetic Order-Order Transition in the Spin Chain Antiferromagnet Ca3Co2O6

S. Agrestini, C. L. Fleck, L. C. Chapon, C. Mazzoli, A. Bombardi, M. R. Lees, and O. A. Petrenko

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 197204 (2011) – Published May 13, 2011

Complex room-temperature ferrimagnetism induced by zigzag stripes of oxygen vacancies in Sr3YCo4O10+δ

D. D. Khalyavin, L. C. Chapon, E. Suard, J. E. Parker, S. P. Thompson, A. A. Yaremchenko, and V. V. Kharton

Phys. Rev. B 83, 140403 (2011) – Published April 12, 2011

Helical spin waves, magnetic order, and fluctuations in the langasite compound Ba3NbFe3Si2O14

C. Stock, L. C. Chapon, A. Schneidewind, Y. Su, P. G. Radaelli, D. F. McMorrow, A. Bombardi, N. Lee, and S.-W. Cheong

Phys. Rev. B 83, 104426 (2011) – Published March 30, 2011

Spin-ordering and magnetoelastic coupling in the extended kagome system YBaCo4O7

D. D. Khalyavin, P. Manuel, B. Ouladdiaf, A. Huq, H. Zheng, J. F. Mitchell, and L. C. Chapon

Phys. Rev. B 83, 094412 (2011) – Published March 15, 2011

Noncollinear magnetic order in the S=1/2 magnet Sr3ZnRhO6

A. D. Hillier, D. T. Adroja, W. Kockelmann, L. C. Chapon, S. Rayaprol, P. Manuel, H. Michor, and E. V. Sampathkumaran

Phys. Rev. B 83, 024414 (2011) – Published January 27, 2011

Helical magnetic state in the distorted triangular lattice of α-CaCr2O4

L. C. Chapon, P. Manuel, F. Damay, P. Toledano, V. Hardy, and C. Martin

Phys. Rev. B 83, 024409 (2011) – Published January 24, 2011

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