1/3 magnetization plateau and frustrated ferrimagnetism in a sodium iron phosphite
1/3 magnetization plateau and frustrated ferrimagnetism in a sodium iron phosphite
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亚磷酸铁钠中的 1/3 磁化平台和受抑亚铁磁性
DOI:
10.1103/physrevb.93.134401
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发表时间:
2016
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
A. A. Tsirlin
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作者:
A. N. Vasiliev;O. S. Volkova;E. A. Zvereva;E. A. Ovchenkov;I. Munaò;L. Clark;P. Lightfoot;E. L. Vavilova;S. Kamusella;H.-H. Klauss;J. Werner;C. Koo;R. Klingeler;A. A. Tsirlin
The sodium iron phosphiteis studied by ac-magnetic susceptibility, pulsed-field magnetization, specific heat, and high-frequency electron spin resonance (HF-ESR) measurements combined with Mössbauer spectroscopy and density-functional calculations. We show that this compound develops ferrimagnetic order belowand reveals a magnetization plateau at 1/3 saturation. The plateau extends to, whereas abovethe magnetization increases linearly until reaching saturation at. The Mössbauer spectroscopy reveals two magnetically nonequivalent iron sites with the 2:1 ratio. The HF-ESR spectra are consistent with a two-sublattice ferrimagnet and additionally pinpoint weak magnetic anisotropy as well as short-range spin order that persists well above. The ferrimagnetic order in the title compound is stabilized by a network of purely antiferromagnetic exchange interactions. The spin lattice comprises layers coinciding with the crystallographic (10-1) planes, with stronger couplingswithin the layers and weaker couplingsbetween the layers. Both intralayer and interlayer couplings are frustrated. The ensuing ferrimagnetic order arises from a subtle interplay of the frustrated but nonequivalent exchange couplings.