Submillimeter-wave ESR measurements of Ca1−xCuO2 (x = 0.164) with edge-sharing CuO2 chains

Quasi-one-dimensional (1-D) cupric oxide Ca1−xCuO2 (x = 0.164) is the system with 25–40% hole-doped edge-sharing CuO2 chains. However, the holes are almost localized in Ca1−xCuO2 and its magnetic susceptibility with a peak at 30 K was explained by the model considering both 1-D antiferromagnetic chains and spin dimers (Z. Hiroi, M. Okumura, Y. Nabeshima, T. Yamada, M. Takano: J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.69, 1824, 2000). To clarify the magnetic nature of Ca1−xCuO2, we performed submillimeter-wave electron spin resonance (ESR) measurements on a powder sample of Ca0.83−6CuO2. The resonance above 12 K showed typical powder ESR of Cu2+ and theg-values were determined to be g∥= 2.33 and g⊥ = 2.06 from the analysis. The resonance below 12 K changed completely from ESR. The frequency-field relation of ESR at 1.8 K clearly showed the easy-axis type antiferromagnetic resonance.