Incommensurate and multiple-q magnetic misfit order in the frustrated quantum spin ladder material antlerite Cu3SO4(OH)4

Kulbakov, A. A. ; Sadrollahi, E. ; Rasch, F. ; Avdeev, M. ; Gaß, S. ; Corredor Bohorquez, L. T. ; Wolter, A. U. B. ; Feig, M. ; Gumeniuk, R. ; Poddig, H. ; Stötzer, M. ; Litterst, F. J. ; Puente-Orench, I. ; Wildes, A. ; Weschke, E. ; Geck, J. ; Inosov, D. S. ; Peets, D. C.

Resumen: In frustrated magnetic systems, the competition amongst interactions can introduce extremely high degeneracy and prevent the system from readily selecting a unique ground state. In such cases, the magnetic order is often exquisitely sensitive to the balance among the interactions, allowing tuning among novel magnetically ordered phases. In antlerite, Cu3SO4(OH)4, Cu2+ (S=1/2) quantum spins populate three-leg zigzag ladders in a highly frustrated quasi-one-dimensional structural motif. We demonstrate that at zero applied field, in addition to its recently reported low-temperature phase of coupled ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic spin chains, this mineral hosts an incommensurate helical+cycloidal state, an idle-spin state, and a multiple-q phase which is the magnetic analog of misfit crystal structures. The antiferromagnetic order on the central leg is reentrant. The high tunability of the magnetism in antlerite makes it a particularly promising platform for pursuing exotic magnetic order.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.106.174431

Año: 2022

Publicado en: Physical Review B 106, 17 (2022), 174431[17 pp.]
ISSN: 2469-9950

Factor impacto JCR: 3.7 (2022)

Categ. JCR: MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY rank: 157 / 343 = 0.458 (2022) - Q2 - T2
Categ. JCR: PHYSICS, CONDENSED MATTER rank: 24 / 67 = 0.358 (2022) - Q2 - T2
Categ. JCR: PHYSICS, APPLIED rank: 50 / 160 = 0.312 (2022) - Q2 - T1

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 6.7 - Physics and Astronomy (Q1) - Materials Science (Q1)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.468 - Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (Q1) - Condensed Matter Physics (Q1)

Tipo y forma: Artículo (PrePrint)