Evidence for SrHo2O4 and SrDy2O4 as model J1-J2 zigzag chain materials

A. Fennell; V. Y. Pomjakushin; A. Uldry; B. Delley; B. Prévost; A. Désilets-Benoit; A. D. Bianchi; R. I. Bewley; B. R. Hansen; T. Klimczuk; Robert J. Cava; M. Kenzelmann

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.89.224511

Evidence for SrHo₂O₄ and SrDy₂O₄ as model J₁-J₂ zigzag chain materials

A. Fennell
, V. Y. Pomjakushin
, A. Uldry
, B. Delley
, B. Prévost
, A. Désilets-Benoit
, A. D. Bianchi
, R. I. Bewley
, B. R. Hansen
, T. Klimczuk
, Robert J. Cava
, M. Kenzelmann

Department of Physics

Paul Scherrer Institute
University of Montreal
Gdańsk University of Technology
Princeton University
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

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Abstract

Neutron diffraction and inelastic spectroscopy is used to characterize the magnetic Hamiltonian of SrHo2O4 and SrDy2O4. Through a detailed computation of the crystal-field levels we find site-dependent anisotropic single-ion magnetism in both materials, and diffraction measurements show the presence of strong one-dimensional spin correlations. Our measurements indicate that competing interactions of the zigzag chain, combined with frustrated interchain interactions, play a crucial role in stabilizing spin-liquid type correlations in this series.

Original language	English
Article number	224511
Journal	Physical Review B-Condensed Matter
Volume	89
Issue number	22
Number of pages	5
ISSN	0163-1829
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.89.224511
Publication status	Published - 2014

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