External magnetic field effects on a distorted kagome antiferromagnet.
External magnetic field effects on a distorted kagome antiferromagnet.
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.101.107201
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发表时间:
2008-06
影响因子:
8.6
通讯作者:
Kim Jh;Sungdae Ji;Seunghun Lee;B. Lake;T. Yildirim;Hiroyuki Nojiri;H. Kikuchi;K. Habicht;Yiming Qiu;Klaus Kiefer
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Kim Jh;Sungdae Ji;Seunghun Lee;B. Lake;T. Yildirim;Hiroyuki Nojiri;H. Kikuchi;K. Habicht;Yiming Qiu;Klaus Kiefer
We report bulk magnetization, and elastic and inelastic neutron scattering measurements under an external magnetic field H on the weakly coupled distorted kagome system, Cu2(OD)3Cl. Our results show that the ordered state below 6.7 K is a canted antiferromagnet and consists of large antiferromagnetic ac components and smaller ferromagnetic b components. By first-principles calculations and linear spin wave analysis, we present a simple spin Hamiltonian with nonuniform nearest neighbor exchange interactions resulting in a system of coupled spin trimers with a single-ion anisotropy that can qualitatively reproduce the spin dynamics of Cu2(OD)3Cl.